Oats — Yield in Sweden
Sweden: Oats — Yield was 3,954 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — yield in Sweden stood at 3,954 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 34.0% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Sweden peaked at 4,779 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,356 kg/ha, in 1992.
Sweden ranks 12th of 78 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Yield in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,690 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,480 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1963 | 2,400 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 3,049 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1965 | 3,009 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 2,508 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1967 | 3,068 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1968 | 3,273 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1969 | 2,359 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1970 | 3,310 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 1971 | 3,548 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1972 | 3,185 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1973 | 2,505 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1974 | 3,800 kg/ha | +51.7% |
| 1975 | 2,849 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1976 | 2,782 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 3,095 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1978 | 3,421 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1979 | 3,338 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 3,470 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 3,828 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1982 | 3,486 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1983 | 3,139 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1984 | 4,444 kg/ha | +41.6% |
| 1985 | 3,748 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1986 | 3,268 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1987 | 3,624 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1988 | 3,134 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1989 | 3,538 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1990 | 4,303 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1991 | 4,123 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 2,356 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 1993 | 4,268 kg/ha | +81.2% |
| 1994 | 2,902 kg/ha | -32.0% |
| 1995 | 3,468 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1996 | 4,231 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1997 | 4,039 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 3,648 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1999 | 3,452 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 3,850 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2001 | 3,424 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 3,956 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 2003 | 3,894 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 4,028 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 3,729 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 3,174 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2007 | 4,372 kg/ha | +37.8% |
| 2008 | 3,685 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2009 | 3,999 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2010 | 3,533 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 3,941 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 3,820 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 4,366 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2014 | 4,173 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 4,613 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2016 | 4,442 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2017 | 4,469 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 2,573 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 2019 | 4,756 kg/ha | +84.8% |
| 2020 | 4,534 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 3,306 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 2022 | 4,779 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 2023 | 2,951 kg/ha | -38.3% |
| 2024 | 3,954 kg/ha | +34.0% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 3,954 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,136 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 3,954 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,660 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,760 kg/ha | 2,359 kg/ha | 3,273 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,183 kg/ha | 2,505 kg/ha | 3,800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,568 kg/ha | 3,134 kg/ha | 4,444 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,679 kg/ha | 2,356 kg/ha | 4,303 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,811 kg/ha | 3,174 kg/ha | 4,372 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,069 kg/ha | 2,573 kg/ha | 4,756 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,905 kg/ha | 2,951 kg/ha | 4,779 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 oats — yield in Sweden?
- Oats — yield in Sweden was 3,954 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 4,779 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,356 kg/ha in 1992.
- How does Sweden rank for oats — yield?
- Sweden ranks 12th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. 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 Oats — Yield. 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.