Sugar beet yields in Sweden
Sweden: Sugar beet yields was 74.53 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet yields in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet yields in Sweden is 74.53 tonnes per hectare, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 22.9% on the previous year and up 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet yields in Sweden peaked at 74.7 tonnes per hectare in 2019 and was at its lowest, 30.84 tonnes per hectare, in 1962.
That places Sweden 10th out of 65 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 38.72 tonnes per hectare | 30.84 tonnes per hectare | 48.38 tonnes per hectare | 9 |
| 1970s | 41.88 tonnes per hectare | 38.08 tonnes per hectare | 46.21 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1980s | 44.02 tonnes per hectare | 33.05 tonnes per hectare | 52.46 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.01 tonnes per hectare | 40.19 tonnes per hectare | 55.57 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2000s | 50.61 tonnes per hectare | 46.9 tonnes per hectare | 60.45 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2010s | 61.41 tonnes per hectare | 52.08 tonnes per hectare | 74.7 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 67.92 tonnes per hectare | 60.63 tonnes per hectare | 74.53 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 7 United Kingdom 76.34 tonnes per hectare compare
- 8 Belgium 75.64 tonnes per hectare compare
- 9 Netherlands 75.21 tonnes per hectare compare
- 11 Denmark 74.13 tonnes per hectare compare
- 12 United States 72.85 tonnes per hectare compare
- 13 Japan 71.27 tonnes per hectare compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sweden
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Rural population 1.16 million (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 10.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 971,160 hectares (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar beet yields in Sweden?
- Sugar beet yields in Sweden was 74.53 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest sugar beet yields recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 74.7 tonnes per hectare in 2019.
- What is the lowest sugar beet yields recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.84 tonnes per hectare in 1962.
- How does Sweden rank for sugar beet yields?
- Sweden ranks 10th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet yields rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.7%. 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 (2025); Brassley (2000) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Sugar beet yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Yields are measured in tonnes per hectare.