What is cropland per person over the long term in Sweden?

Cropland per person over the long term in Sweden was 0.2384 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.

What is the highest cropland per person over the long term recorded in Sweden?

The highest recorded value was 0.948 in 1000.

What is the lowest cropland per person over the long term recorded in Sweden?

The lowest recorded value was 0.2384 in 2025.

How does Sweden rank for cropland per person over the long term?

Sweden ranks 58th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.

Is cropland per person over the long term rising or falling in Sweden?

Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Sweden data come from?

The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Cropland per person over the long term. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Cropland per person over the long term in Sweden

Name: Cropland per person over the long term in Sweden
Creator: Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Sweden: Cropland per person over the long term was 0.2384 in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)

0.2384

Change on year

down 0.9%

World rank

58th

of 199 countries

All-time high

0.948

in 1000

All-time low

0.2384

in 2025

Years of data

108

1000–2025

Cropland per person over the long term in Sweden, 1000–2025

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2025, cropland per person over the long term in Sweden stood at 0.2384. That is the lowest value across all 108 years on record.

That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 9.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cropland per person over the long term in Sweden peaked at 0.948 in 1000 and was at its lowest, 0.2384, in 2025.

Sweden ranks 58th of 199 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 108 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1000s	0.948	0.948	0.948	1
1100s	0.9285	0.9285	0.9285	1
1200s	0.9071	0.9071	0.9071	1
1300s	0.8835	0.8835	0.8835	1
1400s	0.8571	0.8571	0.8571	1
1500s	0.827	0.827	0.827	1
1600s	0.7917	0.7917	0.7917	1
1700s	0.7487	0.7487	0.7487	1
1710s	0.7438	0.7438	0.7438	1
1720s	0.7388	0.7388	0.7388	1
1730s	0.7337	0.7337	0.7337	1
1740s	0.7283	0.7283	0.7283	1
1750s	0.7229	0.7229	0.7229	1
1760s	0.711	0.711	0.711	1
1770s	0.7138	0.7138	0.7138	1
1780s	0.7135	0.7135	0.7135	1
1790s	0.7126	0.7126	0.7126	1
1800s	0.7082	0.7082	0.7082	1
1810s	0.717	0.717	0.717	1
1820s	0.7043	0.7043	0.7043	1
1830s	0.6928	0.6928	0.6928	1
1840s	0.6852	0.6852	0.6852	1
1850s	0.6736	0.6736	0.6736	1
1860s	0.6558	0.6558	0.6558	1
1870s	0.6489	0.6489	0.6489	1
1880s	0.6306	0.6306	0.6306	1
1890s	0.6072	0.6072	0.6072	1
1900s	0.588	0.588	0.588	1
1910s	0.57	0.57	0.57	1
1920s	0.5525	0.5525	0.5525	1
1930s	0.5326	0.5326	0.5326	1
1940s	0.5135	0.5135	0.5135	1
1950s	0.4782	0.4685	0.4876	10
1960s	0.4218	0.3816	0.4718	10
1970s	0.369	0.3602	0.379	10
1980s	0.3486	0.335	0.3585	10
1990s	0.3185	0.3103	0.3324	10
2000s	0.2925	0.2826	0.3015	10
2010s	0.265	0.2518	0.2795	10
2020s	0.2439	0.2384	0.2496	6

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Frequently asked questions

What is cropland per person over the long term in Sweden?: Cropland per person over the long term in Sweden was 0.2384 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest cropland per person over the long term recorded in Sweden?: The highest recorded value was 0.948 in 1000.
What is the lowest cropland per person over the long term recorded in Sweden?: The lowest recorded value was 0.2384 in 2025.
How does Sweden rank for cropland per person over the long term?: Sweden ranks 58th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
Is cropland per person over the long term rising or falling in Sweden?: Over the last ten years it is down 9.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Sweden data come from?: The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Cropland per person over the long term. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Cropland per person over the long term
Source: Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 202 places, 21,784 data points, 1000–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026