Spinach — Yield in Sweden
Sweden: Spinach — Yield was 3,400 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Yield in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 3,400 kg/ha for spinach — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 51.1% on the previous year and down 76.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Sweden peaked at 22,128 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 2,250 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Sweden 62nd out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 44 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,128 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,917 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1963 | 13,418 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1964 | 17,826 kg/ha | +32.9% |
| 1965 | 11,739 kg/ha | -34.1% |
| 1966 | 12,895 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 19,848 kg/ha | +53.9% |
| 1968 | 16,000 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1969 | 12,958 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1970 | 19,868 kg/ha | +53.3% |
| 1971 | 10,899 kg/ha | -45.1% |
| 1972 | 12,306 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1973 | 12,575 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1974 | 12,491 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1975 | 10,824 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1976 | 13,980 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 1977 | 13,220 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 6,561 kg/ha | -50.4% |
| 1979 | 12,618 kg/ha | +92.3% |
| 1980 | 9,858 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1981 | 15,525 kg/ha | +57.5% |
| 1982 | 12,449 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1983 | 11,900 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1984 | 13,793 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1985 | 9,114 kg/ha | -33.9% |
| 1986 | 14,838 kg/ha | +62.8% |
| 1987 | 13,738 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1988 | 14,412 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1989 | 14,100 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1990 | 13,843 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 11,928 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1992 | 11,639 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 9,207 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1994 | 9,143 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 10,298 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2016 | 14,308 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2017 | 3,750 kg/ha | -73.8% |
| 2018 | 4,143 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 3,714 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2020 | 2,857 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 2021 | 3,250 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2022 | 3,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,250 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 2024 | 3,400 kg/ha | +51.1% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 3,400 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 32% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 3,400 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11,891 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,081 kg/ha | 11,739 kg/ha | 22,128 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,534 kg/ha | 6,561 kg/ha | 19,868 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,973 kg/ha | 9,114 kg/ha | 15,525 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,010 kg/ha | 9,143 kg/ha | 13,843 kg/ha | 6 |
| 2010s | 6,479 kg/ha | 3,714 kg/ha | 14,308 kg/ha | 4 |
| 2020s | 3,001 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 3,400 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 59 Indonesia 3,855 kg/ha compare
- 60 Brunei Darussalam 3,762 kg/ha compare
- 61 Denmark 3,533 kg/ha compare
- 63 Antigua and Barbuda 2,284 kg/ha compare
- 64 Lithuania 2,000 kg/ha compare
- 65 Philippines 1,993 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 spinach — yield in Sweden?
- Spinach — yield in Sweden was 3,400 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 22,128 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,250 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Sweden rank for spinach — yield?
- Sweden ranks 62nd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 76.2%. 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 Spinach — 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.