Sugar beet — Area harvested in Finland
Finland: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 14,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Finland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar beet — area harvested in Finland stood at 14,000 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 28.4% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Finland peaked at 34,900 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 8,820 ha, in 2022.
That places Finland 35th out of 68 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.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Finland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,500 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 16,400 ha | -15.9% |
| 1964 | 19,500 ha | +18.9% |
| 1965 | 19,600 ha | +0.5% |
| 1966 | 17,100 ha | -12.8% |
| 1967 | 17,900 ha | +4.7% |
| 1968 | 15,400 ha | -14.0% |
| 1969 | 13,300 ha | -13.6% |
| 1970 | 14,900 ha | +12.0% |
| 1971 | 17,200 ha | +15.4% |
| 1972 | 19,300 ha | +12.2% |
| 1973 | 21,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 23,000 ha | +9.5% |
| 1975 | 23,900 ha | +3.9% |
| 1976 | 27,000 ha | +13.0% |
| 1977 | 31,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 30,500 ha | -3.2% |
| 1979 | 33,200 ha | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 31,700 ha | -4.5% |
| 1981 | 31,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 32,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1983 | 32,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1984 | 31,400 ha | -4.6% |
| 1985 | 31,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1986 | 30,600 ha | -1.9% |
| 1987 | 30,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1988 | 30,200 ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 30,900 ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 31,600 ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 31,700 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 32,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 32,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1994 | 33,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 1995 | 34,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 34,700 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 34,900 ha | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 33,200 ha | -4.9% |
| 1999 | 34,800 ha | +4.8% |
| 2000 | 32,200 ha | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 31,100 ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 30,600 ha | -1.6% |
| 2003 | 28,800 ha | -5.9% |
| 2004 | 30,300 ha | +5.2% |
| 2005 | 31,200 ha | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 23,800 ha | -23.7% |
| 2007 | 16,000 ha | -32.8% |
| 2008 | 13,600 ha | -15.0% |
| 2009 | 14,800 ha | +8.8% |
| 2010 | 14,600 ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 14,100 ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 11,500 ha | -18.4% |
| 2013 | 12,000 ha | +4.3% |
| 2014 | 13,700 ha | +14.2% |
| 2015 | 12,400 ha | -9.5% |
| 2016 | 11,600 ha | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 11,800 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 9,800 ha | -16.9% |
| 2019 | 10,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 11,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 11,330 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 8,820 ha | -22.2% |
| 2023 | 10,900 ha | +23.6% |
| 2024 | 14,000 ha | +28.4% |
Finland compared with similar countries
- Finland's 14,000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,080 ha, 87% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Finland's 14,000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 87% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,422 ha | 13,300 ha | 19,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,150 ha | 14,900 ha | 33,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,300 ha | 30,000 ha | 32,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,490 ha | 31,600 ha | 34,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,240 ha | 13,600 ha | 32,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,200 ha | 9,800 ha | 14,600 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,210 ha | 8,820 ha | 14,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
More agriculture & rural data for Finland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,466 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5476 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2548 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet — area harvested in Finland?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Finland was 14,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 34,900 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,820 ha in 2022.
- How does Finland rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Finland ranks 35th out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Finland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar beet — 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.