Pulses, Total — Yield in Sweden
Sweden: Pulses, Total — Yield was 2,966 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 2,966 kg/ha for pulses, total — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 35.7% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Sweden peaked at 3,766 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 1,229 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Sweden 19th out of 169 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,625 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,229 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1963 | 1,506 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1964 | 1,786 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1965 | 1,553 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1966 | 1,706 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 1,691 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1968 | 1,756 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 1,358 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1970 | 2,039 kg/ha | +50.1% |
| 1971 | 1,813 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 1,796 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 1,527 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1974 | 2,019 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1975 | 1,450 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1976 | 2,079 kg/ha | +43.3% |
| 1977 | 2,073 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 2,047 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 2,148 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 2,131 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 2,466 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1982 | 2,542 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1983 | 2,636 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1984 | 2,667 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 2,686 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 2,583 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 2,254 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1988 | 2,878 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1989 | 2,478 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1990 | 2,478 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 2,524 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 2,500 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 2,327 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1994 | 2,428 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1995 | 1,647 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 1996 | 3,766 kg/ha | +128.6% |
| 1997 | 3,467 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 1,814 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 1999 | 2,643 kg/ha | +45.7% |
| 2000 | 2,404 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2001 | 2,526 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 2,595 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 2,683 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2004 | 2,599 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2005 | 2,625 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 2,509 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2007 | 2,633 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 2,521 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 3,090 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2010 | 2,390 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2011 | 3,013 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2012 | 3,032 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 3,442 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2014 | 3,232 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 3,577 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 3,595 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 3,525 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2018 | 1,712 kg/ha | -51.4% |
| 2019 | 3,282 kg/ha | +91.7% |
| 2020 | 3,096 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 2,433 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2022 | 3,522 kg/ha | +44.7% |
| 2023 | 2,186 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 2024 | 2,966 kg/ha | +35.7% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 2,966 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,047 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 2,966 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,081 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pulses, Total — Yield in Sweden changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +128.6% | 1,647 kg/ha | 3,766 kg/ha |
| 2019 | +91.7% | 1,712 kg/ha | 3,282 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,579 kg/ha | 1,229 kg/ha | 1,786 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,899 kg/ha | 1,450 kg/ha | 2,148 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,532 kg/ha | 2,131 kg/ha | 2,878 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,560 kg/ha | 1,647 kg/ha | 3,766 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,619 kg/ha | 2,404 kg/ha | 3,090 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,080 kg/ha | 1,712 kg/ha | 3,595 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,840 kg/ha | 2,186 kg/ha | 3,522 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 16 Germany 3,331 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 504 kg/ha compare
- 17 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 3,231 kg/ha compare
- 18 Luxembourg 3,026 kg/ha compare
- 20 Serbia and Montenegro 2,945 kg/ha compare
- 21 Malta 2,824 kg/ha compare
- 22 Côte d'Ivoire 827.6 kg/ha compare
- 22 Finland 2,697 kg/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 pulses, total — yield in Sweden?
- Pulses, total — yield in Sweden was 2,966 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 3,766 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,229 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Sweden rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Sweden ranks 19th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.