Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 23,580 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sweden is 23,580 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 4.8% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 86,533 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 22,500 ha, in 2023.
That places Sweden 96th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Sweden, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 86,533 ha | — |
| 1962 | 80,700 ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 82,082 ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 69,101 ha | -15.8% |
| 1965 | 62,072 ha | -10.2% |
| 1966 | 53,731 ha | -13.4% |
| 1967 | 54,594 ha | +1.6% |
| 1968 | 56,316 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 52,684 ha | -6.4% |
| 1970 | 53,460 ha | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 49,656 ha | -7.1% |
| 1972 | 44,889 ha | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 45,161 ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 46,544 ha | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 42,025 ha | -9.7% |
| 1976 | 45,557 ha | +8.4% |
| 1977 | 47,454 ha | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 44,751 ha | -5.7% |
| 1979 | 41,780 ha | -6.6% |
| 1980 | 40,740 ha | -2.5% |
| 1981 | 41,015 ha | +0.7% |
| 1982 | 40,594 ha | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 40,360 ha | -0.6% |
| 1984 | 40,164 ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 38,600 ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 38,900 ha | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 38,700 ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 36,000 ha | -7.0% |
| 1989 | 33,730 ha | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 34,080 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 35,290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1992 | 37,790 ha | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 36,284 ha | -4.0% |
| 1994 | 32,988 ha | -9.1% |
| 1995 | 35,001 ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 36,600 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 35,813 ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 33,700 ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 32,813 ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 32,903 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 32,236 ha | -2.0% |
| 2002 | 31,731 ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 30,540 ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 31,671 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 30,453 ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 28,180 ha | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 28,522 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 26,900 ha | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 26,960 ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 27,100 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 27,590 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 24,720 ha | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 23,880 ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 23,800 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 23,100 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 24,140 ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 24,570 ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 23,910 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 23,650 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 24,070 ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 23,750 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 23,410 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 22,500 ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 23,580 ha | +4.8% |
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 |
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- 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)
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- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sweden?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Sweden was 23,580 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 86,533 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,500 ha in 2023.
- How does Sweden rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.