Bees — Stocks in Finland
Finland: Bees — Stocks was 82,000 No in 2023. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in Finland, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
Finland recorded 82,000 No for bees — stocks in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 90.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Finland peaked at 86,000 No in 2021 and was at its lowest, 19,000 No, in 1963.
That places Finland 78th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Finland, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 No | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 19,000 No | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 19,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 20,000 No | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 19,500 No | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 19,800 No | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 21,000 No | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 21,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 22,000 No | +4.8% |
| 1971 | 22,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 30,000 No | +36.4% |
| 1973 | 30,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 30,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 31,000 No | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 30,000 No | -3.2% |
| 1977 | 30,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30,200 No | +0.7% |
| 1979 | 32,000 No | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 33,000 No | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 35,000 No | +6.1% |
| 1982 | 64,000 No | +82.9% |
| 1983 | 50,000 No | -21.9% |
| 1984 | 46,000 No | -8.0% |
| 1985 | 50,000 No | +8.7% |
| 1986 | 62,000 No | +24.0% |
| 1987 | 49,000 No | -21.0% |
| 1988 | 70,000 No | +42.9% |
| 1989 | 47,000 No | -32.9% |
| 1990 | 50,000 No | +6.4% |
| 1991 | 49,000 No | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 49,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 49,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 44,000 No | -10.2% |
| 1995 | 42,000 No | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 40,000 No | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 40,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 42,000 No | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 39,000 No | -7.1% |
| 2000 | 42,000 No | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 44,000 No | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 47,000 No | +6.8% |
| 2003 | 37,000 No | -21.3% |
| 2004 | 46,000 No | +24.3% |
| 2005 | 53,000 No | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 54,000 No | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 53,000 No | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 43,000 No | -18.9% |
| 2009 | 41,000 No | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 37,000 No | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 37,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 38,000 No | +2.7% |
| 2013 | 43,000 No | +13.2% |
| 2014 | 60,000 No | +39.5% |
| 2015 | 61,000 No | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 64,000 No | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 67,000 No | +4.7% |
| 2018 | 72,300 No | +7.9% |
| 2019 | 83,900 No | +16.0% |
| 2020 | 82,000 No | -2.3% |
| 2021 | 86,000 No | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 78,000 No | -9.3% |
| 2023 | 82,000 No | +5.1% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 82,000 No is below the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 29% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Finland's 82,000 No is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 342,000 No, 24% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks in Finland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +82.9% | 35,000 No | 64,000 No |
| 1988 | +42.9% | 49,000 No | 70,000 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,922 No | 19,000 No | 21,000 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,720 No | 22,000 No | 32,000 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 50,600 No | 33,000 No | 70,000 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 44,400 No | 39,000 No | 50,000 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 46,000 No | 37,000 No | 54,000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 56,320 No | 37,000 No | 83,900 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 82,000 No | 78,000 No | 86,000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More agriculture & rural data for Finland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,466 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5476 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2548 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bees — stocks in Finland?
- Bees — stocks in Finland was 82,000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 86,000 No in 2021.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,000 No in 1963.
- How does Finland rank for bees — stocks?
- Finland ranks 78th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 90.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bees — Stocks. 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.