Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 2,290 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Sweden, 2018–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Sweden stood at 2,290 ha. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is up 16.2% on the previous year and up 106.3% over ten years.
Sweden ranks 127th of 167 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Sweden, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1,110 ha | — |
| 2019 | 1,620 ha | +45.9% |
| 2020 | 1,850 ha | +14.2% |
| 2021 | 1,740 ha | -5.9% |
| 2022 | 1,770 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 1,970 ha | +11.3% |
| 2024 | 2,290 ha | +16.2% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 2,290 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 14,949 ha, 15% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 2,290 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 72,751 ha, 3% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,365 ha | 1,110 ha | 1,620 ha | 2 |
| 2020s | 1,924 ha | 1,740 ha | 2,290 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 maize (corn) — area harvested in Sweden?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Sweden was 2,290 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 2,290 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,110 ha in 2018.
- How does Sweden rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 127th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 106.3%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.