Cream, fresh — Production in Sweden
Sweden: Cream, fresh — Production was 66,880 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cream, fresh — Production in Sweden, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2023, cream, fresh — production in Sweden stood at 66,880 t.
The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and down 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cream, fresh — production in Sweden peaked at 112,700 t in 2012 and was at its lowest, 48,000 t, in 1961.
That places Sweden 18th out of 69 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cream, fresh — Production in Sweden, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 48,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 48,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 49,000 t | +2.1% |
| 1964 | 50,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 51,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 50,500 t | -1.0% |
| 1967 | 51,542 t | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 52,763 t | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 52,717 t | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 53,445 t | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 52,728 t | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 52,451 t | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 53,485 t | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 55,939 t | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 58,857 t | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 59,130 t | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 59,286 t | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 60,761 t | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 63,873 t | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 65,493 t | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 65,243 t | -0.4% |
| 1982 | 65,627 t | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 65,029 t | -0.9% |
| 1984 | 67,623 t | +4.0% |
| 1985 | 69,458 t | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 71,801 t | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 73,661 t | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 74,321 t | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 74,990 t | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 75,522 t | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 76,197 t | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 77,057 t | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 78,870 t | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 81,586 t | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 83,822 t | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 86,328 t | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 92,417 t | +7.1% |
| 1998 | 92,640 t | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 94,235 t | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 96,184 t | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 99,800 t | +3.8% |
| 2002 | 92,542 t | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 91,000 t | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 90,000 t | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 89,000 t | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 90,400 t | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 94,100 t | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 96,500 t | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 103,900 t | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 109,690 t | +5.6% |
| 2011 | 109,940 t | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 112,700 t | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 103,850 t | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 105,160 t | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 112,370 t | +6.9% |
| 2016 | 112,670 t | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 105,230 t | -6.6% |
| 2018 | 102,360 t | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 96,860 t | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 74,070 t | -23.5% |
| 2021 | 65,880 t | -11.1% |
| 2022 | 64,290 t | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 66,880 t | +4.0% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 66,880 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 32,110 t, 2.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 66,880 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 30,655 t, 2.2× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 50,391 t | 48,000 t | 52,763 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 56,996 t | 52,451 t | 63,873 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 69,325 t | 65,029 t | 74,990 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 83,867 t | 75,522 t | 94,235 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 94,343 t | 89,000 t | 103,900 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 107,083 t | 96,860 t | 112,700 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,780 t | 64,290 t | 74,070 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
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 cream, fresh — production in Sweden?
- Cream, fresh — production in Sweden was 66,880 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cream, fresh — production recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 112,700 t in 2012.
- What is the lowest cream, fresh — production recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 48,000 t in 1961.
- How does Sweden rank for cream, fresh — production?
- Sweden ranks 18th out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cream, fresh — production rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.6%. 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 Cream, fresh — Production. 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.