Spinach — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Spinach — Area harvested was 50 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — area harvested in Sweden is 50 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 25.0% on the previous year and down 61.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 850 ha in 1972 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1995.
Sweden ranks 57th of 69 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Sweden, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 470 ha | — |
| 1962 | 480 ha | +2.1% |
| 1963 | 790 ha | +64.6% |
| 1964 | 690 ha | -12.7% |
| 1965 | 690 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 760 ha | +10.1% |
| 1967 | 660 ha | -13.2% |
| 1968 | 600 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 710 ha | +18.3% |
| 1970 | 760 ha | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 790 ha | +3.9% |
| 1972 | 850 ha | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 800 ha | -5.9% |
| 1974 | 570 ha | -28.7% |
| 1975 | 510 ha | -10.5% |
| 1976 | 490 ha | -3.9% |
| 1977 | 590 ha | +20.4% |
| 1978 | 570 ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 615 ha | +7.9% |
| 1980 | 563 ha | -8.5% |
| 1981 | 394 ha | -30.0% |
| 1982 | 492 ha | +24.9% |
| 1983 | 408 ha | -17.1% |
| 1984 | 410 ha | +0.5% |
| 1985 | 449 ha | +9.5% |
| 1986 | 482 ha | +7.3% |
| 1987 | 436 ha | -9.5% |
| 1988 | 398 ha | -8.7% |
| 1989 | 360 ha | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 337 ha | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 335 ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 335 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 343 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 350 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 1996 | 350 ha | — |
| 1997 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2016 | 130 ha | — |
| 2017 | 40 ha | -69.2% |
| 2018 | 70 ha | +75.0% |
| 2019 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 80 ha | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 40 ha | -50.0% |
| 2024 | 50 ha | +25.0% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 50 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 31% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 50 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 420 ha, 12% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | -100.0% | 350 ha | 0 ha |
| 1997 | -100.0% | 350 ha | 0 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 650 ha | 470 ha | 790 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 654.5 ha | 490 ha | 850 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 439.2 ha | 360 ha | 563 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 256.25 ha | 0 ha | 350 ha | 8 |
| 2010s | 77.5 ha | 40 ha | 130 ha | 4 |
| 2020s | 64 ha | 40 ha | 80 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
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 spinach — area harvested in Sweden?
- Spinach — area harvested in Sweden was 50 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 850 ha in 1972.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1995.
- How does Sweden rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 57th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — 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.