Oats — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Oats — Area harvested was 157,430 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — area harvested in Sweden stood at 157,430 ha.
That represents a change of up 12.9% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 526,181 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 139,460 ha, in 2023.
That places Sweden 14th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Sweden, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 518,118 ha | — |
| 1962 | 477,436 ha | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 481,830 ha | +0.9% |
| 1964 | 474,860 ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 445,387 ha | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 460,290 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 454,972 ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 483,952 ha | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 478,687 ha | -1.1% |
| 1970 | 509,379 ha | +6.4% |
| 1971 | 526,181 ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 502,546 ha | -4.5% |
| 1973 | 474,300 ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 435,922 ha | -8.1% |
| 1975 | 463,600 ha | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 449,826 ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 457,660 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 453,211 ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 456,643 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 451,512 ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 474,253 ha | +5.0% |
| 1982 | 477,012 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 404,088 ha | -15.3% |
| 1984 | 428,443 ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 445,000 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 454,700 ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 397,300 ha | -12.6% |
| 1988 | 424,500 ha | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 411,320 ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 368,200 ha | -10.5% |
| 1991 | 345,920 ha | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 342,300 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 303,350 ha | -11.4% |
| 1994 | 341,400 ha | +12.5% |
| 1995 | 273,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 283,600 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 315,460 ha | +11.2% |
| 1998 | 311,470 ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 305,658 ha | -1.9% |
| 2000 | 295,544 ha | -3.3% |
| 2001 | 278,174 ha | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 295,002 ha | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 279,808 ha | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 229,696 ha | -17.9% |
| 2005 | 200,122 ha | -12.9% |
| 2006 | 196,720 ha | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 203,500 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 222,500 ha | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 186,100 ha | -16.4% |
| 2010 | 158,300 ha | -14.9% |
| 2011 | 175,600 ha | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 191,400 ha | +9.0% |
| 2013 | 195,010 ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 159,570 ha | -18.2% |
| 2015 | 161,420 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 172,870 ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 151,343 ha | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 141,270 ha | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 141,130 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 178,120 ha | +26.2% |
| 2021 | 166,750 ha | -6.4% |
| 2022 | 153,760 ha | -7.8% |
| 2023 | 139,460 ha | -9.3% |
| 2024 | 157,430 ha | +12.9% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 157,430 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 3.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 157,430 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 6.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 475,059 ha | 445,387 ha | 518,118 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 472,927 ha | 435,922 ha | 526,181 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 436,813 ha | 397,300 ha | 477,012 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 319,036 ha | 273,000 ha | 368,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 238,717 ha | 186,100 ha | 295,544 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 164,791 ha | 141,130 ha | 195,010 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 159,104 ha | 139,460 ha | 178,120 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 11 Kazakhstan 193,199 ha compare
- 12 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 182,046 ha compare
- 13 Ukraine 173,800 ha compare
- 15 Germany 156,200 ha compare
- 16 Belarus 155,000 ha compare
- 17 China 154,830 ha compare
- 17 China, mainland 154,830 ha compare
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 oats — area harvested in Sweden?
- Oats — area harvested in Sweden was 157,430 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 526,181 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 139,460 ha in 2023.
- How does Sweden rank for oats — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 14th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. 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 Oats — 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.