Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Sweden
Sweden: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 13,309 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — yield in Sweden is 13,309 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 17.4% on the previous year and down 34.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Sweden peaked at 30,364 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 11,339 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Sweden 69th out of 107 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,967 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 29,967 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 29,967 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 29,967 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 29,967 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 30,031 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 30,000 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1968 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 29,972 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 29,973 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 25,926 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1973 | 25,556 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 28,889 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1975 | 18,406 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 1976 | 27,088 kg/ha | +47.2% |
| 1977 | 14,063 kg/ha | -48.1% |
| 1978 | 21,588 kg/ha | +53.5% |
| 1979 | 21,824 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 16,471 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1981 | 17,365 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 15,866 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1983 | 16,900 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 15,483 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1985 | 15,408 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 13,479 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 13,854 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 18,961 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 1989 | 20,575 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 17,942 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1991 | 17,019 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 15,221 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 15,897 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1994 | 15,769 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 14,714 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 19,394 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1997 | 24,000 kg/ha | +23.8% |
| 1998 | 24,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 26,415 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2000 | 20,824 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2001 | 24,864 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2002 | 20,632 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2003 | 29,059 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 2004 | 25,162 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2005 | 22,460 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2006 | 27,122 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2007 | 24,182 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2008 | 23,750 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2009 | 25,909 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2010 | 21,909 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2011 | 23,546 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2012 | 30,364 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 2013 | 23,818 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2014 | 20,432 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2015 | 21,170 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 20,074 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2017 | 18,094 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2018 | 15,696 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2019 | 14,284 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 14,938 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2021 | 15,782 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2022 | 15,100 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 11,339 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2024 | 13,309 kg/ha | +17.4% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 13,309 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 69% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 13,309 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18,156 kg/ha, 73% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,982 kg/ha | 29,967 kg/ha | 30,031 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,331 kg/ha | 14,063 kg/ha | 30,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,436 kg/ha | 13,479 kg/ha | 20,575 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,037 kg/ha | 14,714 kg/ha | 26,415 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,396 kg/ha | 20,632 kg/ha | 29,059 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,939 kg/ha | 14,284 kg/ha | 30,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,094 kg/ha | 11,339 kg/ha | 15,782 kg/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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Sweden?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Sweden was 13,309 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 30,364 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,339 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Sweden rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Sweden ranks 69th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.9%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.