Potatoes — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Potatoes — Area harvested was 23,580 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Potatoes — Area harvested in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Sweden stood at 23,580 ha.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 86,533 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 22,500 ha, in 2023.
That places Sweden 71st out of 167 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66,424 ha | 52,684 ha | 86,533 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 46,128 ha | 41,780 ha | 53,460 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,880 ha | 33,730 ha | 41,015 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,036 ha | 32,813 ha | 37,790 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 30,010 ha | 26,900 ha | 32,903 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,646 ha | 23,100 ha | 27,590 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 23,462 ha | 22,500 ha | 24,070 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 68 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 24,254 ha compare
- 69 Zimbabwe 24,053 ha compare
- 70 Democratic Republic of the Congo 23,914 ha compare
- 72 Republic of Korea 23,045 ha compare
- 73 Bosnia and Herzegovina 22,839 ha compare
- 74 Czechia 22,750 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sweden
- Agriculture share gdp 1.5 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.5 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 10.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 1.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Sweden?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Sweden was 23,580 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 86,533 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,500 ha in 2023.
- How does Sweden rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 71st out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. 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 Potatoes — 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.