Bees — Stocks in Sweden
Sweden: Bees — Stocks was 179,000 No in 2023. ▼ Falling
Bees — Stocks in Sweden, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
In 2023, bees — stocks in Sweden stood at 179,000 No.
That represents a change of up 98.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Sweden peaked at 213,000 No in 1973 and was at its lowest, 10,103 No, in 1988.
Sweden ranks 64th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Sweden, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200,000 No | — |
| 1962 | 67,000 No | -66.5% |
| 1963 | 100,000 No | +49.3% |
| 1964 | 134,000 No | +34.0% |
| 1965 | 134,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 134,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 187,000 No | +39.6% |
| 1968 | 167,000 No | -10.7% |
| 1969 | 140,000 No | -16.2% |
| 1970 | 100,000 No | -28.6% |
| 1971 | 140,000 No | +40.0% |
| 1972 | 140,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 213,000 No | +52.1% |
| 1974 | 166,000 No | -22.1% |
| 1975 | 180,000 No | +8.4% |
| 1976 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 180,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,103 No | -94.4% |
| 1989 | 101,780 No | +907.4% |
| 1990 | 93,705 No | -7.9% |
| 1991 | 123,000 No | +31.3% |
| 1992 | 110,000 No | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 105,000 No | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 72,000 No | -31.4% |
| 1995 | 105,000 No | +45.8% |
| 1996 | 91,000 No | -13.3% |
| 1997 | 88,000 No | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 90,000 No | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 94,000 No | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 96,000 No | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 92,000 No | -4.2% |
| 2002 | 97,000 No | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 89,000 No | -8.2% |
| 2004 | 91,000 No | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 85,400 No | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 82,000 No | -4.0% |
| 2007 | 83,200 No | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 76,800 No | -7.7% |
| 2009 | 83,700 No | +9.0% |
| 2010 | 87,720 No | +4.8% |
| 2011 | 87,480 No | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 102,731 No | +17.4% |
| 2013 | 90,069 No | -12.3% |
| 2014 | 105,850 No | +17.5% |
| 2015 | 91,823 No | -13.3% |
| 2016 | 90,448 No | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 91,105 No | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 174,000 No | +91.0% |
| 2019 | 174,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 179,000 No | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 179,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 179,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 179,000 No | +0.0% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 179,000 No is below the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 63% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 179,000 No is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 342,000 No, 52% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks in Sweden 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +907.4% | 10,103 No | 101,780 No |
| 1988 | -94.4% | 180,000 No | 10,103 No |
| 2018 | +91.0% | 91,105 No | 174,000 No |
| 1962 | -66.5% | 200,000 No | 67,000 No |
| 1973 | +52.1% | 140,000 No | 213,000 No |
| 1963 | +49.3% | 67,000 No | 100,000 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 140,333 No | 67,000 No | 200,000 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 165,900 No | 100,000 No | 213,000 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 155,188 No | 10,103 No | 180,000 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 97,170 No | 72,000 No | 123,000 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 87,610 No | 76,800 No | 97,000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 109,523 No | 87,480 No | 174,000 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 179,000 No | 179,000 No | 179,000 No | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 61 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 191,000 No compare
- 62 Armenia 190,831 No compare
- 63 China, Taiwan Province of 180,494 No compare
- 65 Oman 178,069 No compare
- 66 Yemen 157,103 No compare
- 67 Kyrgyzstan 155,350 No compare
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 bees — stocks in Sweden?
- Bees — stocks in Sweden was 179,000 No in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 213,000 No in 1973.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,103 No in 1988.
- How does Sweden rank for bees — stocks?
- Sweden ranks 64th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 98.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sweden 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.