Vetches — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Vetches — Area harvested was 8,546 ha in 1995. ◆ Volatile
Vetches — Area harvested in Sweden, 1961–1995
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 8,546 ha for vetches — area harvested in 1995.
The figure is down 57.3% on the previous year and down 78.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vetches — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 50,608 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 2,226 ha, in 1971.
Sweden ranks 12th of 43 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Vetches — Area harvested in Sweden, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,470 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,860 ha | -24.9% |
| 1963 | 4,014 ha | -17.4% |
| 1964 | 4,414 ha | +10.0% |
| 1965 | 3,427 ha | -22.4% |
| 1966 | 3,285 ha | -4.1% |
| 1967 | 2,517 ha | -23.4% |
| 1968 | 2,310 ha | -8.2% |
| 1969 | 2,387 ha | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 2,307 ha | -3.4% |
| 1971 | 2,226 ha | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 2,228 ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 5,948 ha | +167.0% |
| 1974 | 5,201 ha | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 4,369 ha | -16.0% |
| 1976 | 4,257 ha | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 5,221 ha | +22.6% |
| 1978 | 6,467 ha | +23.9% |
| 1979 | 8,437 ha | +30.5% |
| 1980 | 8,400 ha | -0.4% |
| 1981 | 10,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 16,300 ha | +55.2% |
| 1983 | 27,900 ha | +71.2% |
| 1984 | 41,200 ha | +47.7% |
| 1985 | 38,800 ha | -5.8% |
| 1986 | 34,905 ha | -10.0% |
| 1987 | 50,608 ha | +45.0% |
| 1988 | 38,884 ha | -23.2% |
| 1989 | 37,771 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 32,000 ha | -15.3% |
| 1991 | 18,597 ha | -41.9% |
| 1992 | 19,300 ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 19,558 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 20,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1995 | 8,546 ha | -57.3% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 8,546 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 717 ha, 11.9× the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 8,546 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,468 ha, 3.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vetches — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +167.0% | 2,228 ha | 5,948 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,743 ha | 2,310 ha | 6,470 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,666 ha | 2,226 ha | 8,437 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,527 ha | 8,400 ha | 50,608 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,667 ha | 8,546 ha | 32,000 ha | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 9 Belarus 11,325 ha
- 10 Yugoslav SFR 10,500 ha compare
- 11 Serbia 8,746 ha
- 13 Bulgaria 8,455 ha compare
- 14 Italy 7,827 ha compare
- 15 Serbia and Montenegro 7,697 ha
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 vetches — area harvested in Sweden?
- Vetches — area harvested in Sweden was 8,546 ha in 1995, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vetches — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 50,608 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest vetches — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,226 ha in 1971.
- How does Sweden rank for vetches — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 12th out of 43 countries with data for 1995.
- Is vetches — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.0%. 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 Vetches — 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.