Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 1,830 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested in Sweden is 1,830 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 5.2% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 2,100 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 700 ha, in 1969.
That places Sweden 68th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Sweden, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 960 ha | — |
| 1962 | 840 ha | -12.5% |
| 1963 | 940 ha | +11.9% |
| 1964 | 1,100 ha | +17.0% |
| 1965 | 900 ha | -18.2% |
| 1966 | 1,120 ha | +24.4% |
| 1967 | 1,100 ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1969 | 700 ha | -41.7% |
| 1970 | 1,050 ha | +50.0% |
| 1971 | 1,010 ha | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 1,000 ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,600 ha | +60.0% |
| 1975 | 1,560 ha | -2.5% |
| 1976 | 1,270 ha | -18.6% |
| 1977 | 1,270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,320 ha | +3.9% |
| 1979 | 1,100 ha | -16.7% |
| 1980 | 1,080 ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 1,064 ha | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 1,340 ha | +25.9% |
| 1983 | 1,311 ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 1,576 ha | +20.2% |
| 1985 | 1,603 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 1,529 ha | -4.6% |
| 1987 | 1,529 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 1,518 ha | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 1,459 ha | -3.9% |
| 1990 | 1,600 ha | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 1,648 ha | +3.0% |
| 1992 | 1,584 ha | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 1,764 ha | +11.4% |
| 1994 | 1,450 ha | -17.8% |
| 1995 | 1,800 ha | +24.1% |
| 1996 | 1,840 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 1,840 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,840 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,756 ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 1,439 ha | -18.1% |
| 2001 | 1,633 ha | +13.5% |
| 2002 | 1,820 ha | +11.5% |
| 2003 | 1,861 ha | +2.3% |
| 2004 | 2,060 ha | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 1,727 ha | -16.2% |
| 2006 | 1,883 ha | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 1,900 ha | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 1,700 ha | -10.5% |
| 2009 | 2,000 ha | +17.6% |
| 2010 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 2011 | 1,839 ha | +22.6% |
| 2012 | 2,100 ha | +14.2% |
| 2013 | 1,800 ha | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 1,940 ha | +7.8% |
| 2015 | 2,010 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 2,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 2018 | 1,760 ha | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 1,710 ha | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 1,820 ha | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 1,810 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 1,760 ha | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 1,740 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 1,830 ha | +5.2% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 1,830 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 910 ha, 2.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 1,830 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,625 ha, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carrots and turnips — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +60.0% | 1,000 ha | 1,600 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 984.44 ha | 700 ha | 1,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,218 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,401 ha | 1,064 ha | 1,603 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,712 ha | 1,450 ha | 1,840 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,802 ha | 1,439 ha | 2,060 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,836 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,792 ha | 1,740 ha | 1,830 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Sweden?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Sweden was 1,830 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 2,100 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 700 ha in 1969.
- How does Sweden rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 68th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. 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.