Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested was 28,430 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 28,430 ha for sugar crops primary — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 17.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 60,459 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 19,380 ha, in 2015.
That places Sweden 65th out of 155 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 Crops Primary — Area harvested in Sweden, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 49,828 ha | — |
| 1962 | 46,762 ha | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 40,380 ha | -13.6% |
| 1964 | 44,072 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 41,727 ha | -5.3% |
| 1966 | 39,979 ha | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 39,318 ha | -1.7% |
| 1968 | 40,957 ha | +4.2% |
| 1969 | 39,580 ha | -3.4% |
| 1970 | 39,520 ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 40,129 ha | +1.5% |
| 1972 | 41,370 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 41,412 ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 46,316 ha | +11.8% |
| 1975 | 52,296 ha | +12.9% |
| 1976 | 53,161 ha | +1.7% |
| 1977 | 53,246 ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 52,001 ha | -2.3% |
| 1979 | 51,492 ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 50,275 ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 51,900 ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 53,200 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 52,200 ha | -1.9% |
| 1984 | 52,400 ha | +0.4% |
| 1985 | 51,570 ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 51,800 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 51,400 ha | -0.8% |
| 1988 | 51,300 ha | -0.2% |
| 1989 | 50,594 ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 49,951 ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 38,502 ha | -22.9% |
| 1992 | 47,963 ha | +24.6% |
| 1993 | 51,287 ha | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 53,353 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 57,518 ha | +7.8% |
| 1996 | 59,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1997 | 60,459 ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 58,737 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 59,882 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 55,484 ha | -7.3% |
| 2001 | 54,834 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 54,820 ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 50,100 ha | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 47,625 ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 49,182 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 44,180 ha | -10.2% |
| 2007 | 40,786 ha | -7.7% |
| 2008 | 36,800 ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 39,800 ha | +8.2% |
| 2010 | 37,900 ha | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 39,638 ha | +4.6% |
| 2012 | 39,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 36,233 ha | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 34,400 ha | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 19,380 ha | -43.7% |
| 2016 | 30,600 ha | +57.9% |
| 2017 | 30,990 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 30,640 ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 27,160 ha | -11.4% |
| 2020 | 29,750 ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 28,600 ha | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 29,240 ha | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 28,760 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 28,430 ha | -1.1% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 28,430 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,999 ha, 3.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 28,430 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 1.8× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar Crops Primary — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | +57.9% | 19,380 ha | 30,600 ha |
| 2015 | -43.7% | 34,400 ha | 19,380 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 42,511 ha | 39,318 ha | 49,828 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,094 ha | 39,520 ha | 53,246 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 51,664 ha | 50,275 ha | 53,200 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 53,685 ha | 38,502 ha | 60,459 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,361 ha | 36,800 ha | 55,484 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 32,594 ha | 19,380 ha | 39,638 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,956 ha | 28,430 ha | 29,750 ha | 5 |
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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 sugar crops primary — area harvested in Sweden?
- Sugar crops primary — area harvested in Sweden was 28,430 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 60,459 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,380 ha in 2015.
- How does Sweden rank for sugar crops primary — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 65th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.4%. 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 Sugar Crops Primary — 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.