Barley — Yield in Sweden
Sweden: Barley — Yield was 4,446 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — yield in Sweden stood at 4,446 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 35.0% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Sweden peaked at 5,493 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,477 kg/ha, in 1966.
Sweden ranks 26th of 104 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,840 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,690 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 2,566 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 3,133 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1965 | 3,090 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1966 | 2,477 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1967 | 2,951 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1968 | 3,191 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1969 | 2,655 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1970 | 3,122 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1971 | 3,362 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1972 | 3,180 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1973 | 2,897 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1974 | 3,960 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1975 | 3,146 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1976 | 3,292 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 3,289 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 3,614 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1979 | 3,331 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1980 | 3,352 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 3,599 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1982 | 3,746 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 3,277 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1984 | 4,096 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1985 | 3,449 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1986 | 3,645 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 3,503 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 3,480 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 3,924 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1990 | 4,538 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1991 | 4,137 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1992 | 2,919 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1993 | 4,207 kg/ha | +44.1% |
| 1994 | 3,699 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1995 | 3,954 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 4,510 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1997 | 4,320 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 3,791 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1999 | 3,844 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 3,928 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 4,083 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 4,216 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 4,148 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 4,259 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 4,208 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 3,618 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 2007 | 4,484 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2008 | 4,185 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2009 | 4,646 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 3,971 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 2011 | 4,362 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 4,612 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 5,004 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 4,784 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 5,245 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 4,803 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2017 | 5,285 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2018 | 3,033 kg/ha | -42.6% |
| 2019 | 5,301 kg/ha | +74.8% |
| 2020 | 5,172 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 3,920 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 2022 | 5,493 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 2023 | 3,294 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 2024 | 4,446 kg/ha | +35.0% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 4,446 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 4,446 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,844 kg/ha | 2,477 kg/ha | 3,191 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,319 kg/ha | 2,897 kg/ha | 3,960 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,607 kg/ha | 3,277 kg/ha | 4,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,992 kg/ha | 2,919 kg/ha | 4,538 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,178 kg/ha | 3,618 kg/ha | 4,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,640 kg/ha | 3,033 kg/ha | 5,301 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,465 kg/ha | 3,294 kg/ha | 5,493 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sweden
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 15.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.015 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 949.09 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1092 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is barley — yield in Sweden?
- Barley — yield in Sweden was 4,446 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 5,493 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,477 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Sweden rank for barley — yield?
- Sweden ranks 26th out of 104 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Barley — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.