Rye — Yield in Sweden
Sweden: Rye — Yield was 5,659 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Yield in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rye — yield in Sweden stood at 5,659 kg/ha.
The figure is up 8.5% on the previous year and down 12.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in Sweden peaked at 6,757 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 2,060 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Sweden 3rd out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rye — Yield in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,442 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,382 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 2,060 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1964 | 2,927 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 1965 | 2,836 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1966 | 2,177 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 1967 | 3,221 kg/ha | +47.9% |
| 1968 | 3,082 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 2,549 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1970 | 2,862 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1971 | 3,694 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 1972 | 3,419 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 3,414 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 4,052 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1975 | 3,421 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1976 | 3,472 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1977 | 3,045 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1978 | 3,701 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1979 | 3,282 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1980 | 3,352 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1981 | 3,544 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1982 | 3,894 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1983 | 3,818 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 3,992 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 3,407 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1986 | 3,960 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1987 | 3,404 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1988 | 3,789 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1989 | 4,702 kg/ha | +24.1% |
| 1990 | 4,746 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 3,945 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1992 | 4,077 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 5,112 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 1994 | 4,451 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 5,199 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1996 | 4,932 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 4,714 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 4,636 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 4,790 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2000 | 5,360 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2001 | 5,171 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 5,194 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 4,790 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2004 | 5,467 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2005 | 5,251 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 4,987 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2007 | 5,571 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 6,138 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 5,951 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 4,880 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2011 | 5,293 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2012 | 6,359 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 2013 | 5,680 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2014 | 6,451 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2015 | 6,341 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 6,117 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 6,660 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 4,505 kg/ha | -32.4% |
| 2019 | 6,757 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 2020 | 6,202 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2021 | 5,707 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 6,224 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 5,213 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2024 | 5,659 kg/ha | +8.5% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 5,659 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,381 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 5,659 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,150 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,631 kg/ha | 2,060 kg/ha | 3,221 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,436 kg/ha | 2,862 kg/ha | 4,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,786 kg/ha | 3,352 kg/ha | 4,702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,660 kg/ha | 3,945 kg/ha | 5,199 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,388 kg/ha | 4,790 kg/ha | 6,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,904 kg/ha | 4,505 kg/ha | 6,757 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,801 kg/ha | 5,213 kg/ha | 6,224 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 1 Uzbekistan 10,105 kg/ha compare
- 2 Denmark 5,801 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 2,845 kg/ha compare
- 3 Republic of Moldova 2,605 kg/ha compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,226 kg/ha compare
- 4 Germany 4,825 kg/ha compare
- 5 Chile 4,740 kg/ha compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 908.1 kg/ha compare
- 6 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 791.2 kg/ha compare
- 6 Luxembourg 4,697 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 rye — yield in Sweden?
- Rye — yield in Sweden was 5,659 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 6,757 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,060 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Sweden rank for rye — yield?
- Sweden ranks 3rd out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.3%. 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 Rye — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.