Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 2,300 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 2,300 ha for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.7% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 2,300 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 270 ha, in 1972.
Sweden ranks 35th of 108 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Sweden, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 307 ha | — |
| 1962 | 307 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 307 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 307 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 307 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 323 ha | +5.2% |
| 1967 | 330 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 340 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 357 ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 367 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 280 ha | -23.7% |
| 1972 | 270 ha | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 480 ha | +77.8% |
| 1976 | 340 ha | -29.2% |
| 1977 | 790 ha | +132.4% |
| 1978 | 340 ha | -57.0% |
| 1979 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 350 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 270 ha | -22.9% |
| 1984 | 300 ha | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 495 ha | +65.0% |
| 1986 | 497 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 500 ha | +0.6% |
| 1988 | 540 ha | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 539 ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 548 ha | +1.7% |
| 1991 | 638 ha | +16.4% |
| 1992 | 666 ha | +4.4% |
| 1993 | 643 ha | -3.5% |
| 1994 | 650 ha | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1996 | 660 ha | -5.7% |
| 1997 | 600 ha | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 795 ha | +32.5% |
| 2000 | 898 ha | +13.0% |
| 2001 | 917 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 1,260 ha | +37.4% |
| 2003 | 762 ha | -39.5% |
| 2004 | 926 ha | +21.5% |
| 2005 | 1,211 ha | +30.8% |
| 2006 | 966 ha | -20.2% |
| 2007 | 1,100 ha | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,097 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,100 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,850 ha | +68.2% |
| 2015 | 1,551 ha | -16.2% |
| 2016 | 1,630 ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 1,700 ha | +4.3% |
| 2018 | 1,810 ha | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 2,250 ha | +24.3% |
| 2020 | 2,080 ha | -7.6% |
| 2021 | 1,790 ha | -13.9% |
| 2022 | 1,990 ha | +11.2% |
| 2023 | 2,240 ha | +12.6% |
| 2024 | 2,300 ha | +2.7% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 2,300 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 7.8× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 2,300 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 500 ha, 4.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +132.4% | 340 ha | 790 ha |
| 1975 | +77.8% | 270 ha | 480 ha |
| 2014 | +68.2% | 1,100 ha | 1,850 ha |
| 1985 | +65.0% | 300 ha | 495 ha |
| 1978 | -57.0% | 790 ha | 340 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 320.56 ha | 307 ha | 357 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 374.7 ha | 270 ha | 790 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 417.1 ha | 270 ha | 540 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 650 ha | 548 ha | 795 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,034 ha | 762 ha | 1,260 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,519 ha | 1,097 ha | 2,250 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,080 ha | 1,790 ha | 2,300 ha | 5 |
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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Sweden?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Sweden was 2,300 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 270 ha in 1972.
- How does Sweden rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 35th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Lettuce and chicory — 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.