Wheat — Area harvested in Sweden
Sweden: Wheat — Area harvested was 475,020 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Sweden is 475,020 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.4% on the previous year and up 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 507,530 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 194,599 ha, in 1966.
That places Sweden 45th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Sweden, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 257,199 ha | — |
| 1962 | 296,098 ha | +15.1% |
| 1963 | 230,533 ha | -22.1% |
| 1964 | 259,300 ha | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 276,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 194,599 ha | -29.7% |
| 1967 | 254,250 ha | +30.7% |
| 1968 | 248,102 ha | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 265,339 ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 264,753 ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 245,455 ha | -7.3% |
| 1972 | 268,034 ha | +9.2% |
| 1973 | 290,405 ha | +8.3% |
| 1974 | 338,062 ha | +16.4% |
| 1975 | 301,085 ha | -10.9% |
| 1976 | 395,061 ha | +31.2% |
| 1977 | 374,014 ha | -5.3% |
| 1978 | 287,375 ha | -23.2% |
| 1979 | 243,128 ha | -15.4% |
| 1980 | 287,861 ha | +18.4% |
| 1981 | 223,511 ha | -22.4% |
| 1982 | 283,291 ha | +26.7% |
| 1983 | 335,616 ha | +18.5% |
| 1984 | 315,191 ha | -6.1% |
| 1985 | 277,000 ha | -12.1% |
| 1986 | 310,900 ha | +12.2% |
| 1987 | 325,130 ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 250,280 ha | -23.0% |
| 1989 | 282,660 ha | +12.9% |
| 1990 | 347,770 ha | +23.0% |
| 1991 | 252,750 ha | -27.3% |
| 1992 | 264,100 ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 296,000 ha | +12.1% |
| 1994 | 251,800 ha | -14.9% |
| 1995 | 261,400 ha | +3.8% |
| 1996 | 335,000 ha | +28.2% |
| 1997 | 344,180 ha | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 398,040 ha | +15.6% |
| 1999 | 275,400 ha | -30.8% |
| 2000 | 401,565 ha | +45.8% |
| 2001 | 399,165 ha | -0.6% |
| 2002 | 339,599 ha | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 411,348 ha | +21.1% |
| 2004 | 403,408 ha | -1.9% |
| 2005 | 354,755 ha | -12.1% |
| 2006 | 360,150 ha | +1.5% |
| 2007 | 360,500 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 360,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 374,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 397,100 ha | +5.9% |
| 2011 | 418,900 ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 367,000 ha | -12.4% |
| 2013 | 323,330 ha | -11.9% |
| 2014 | 453,480 ha | +40.3% |
| 2015 | 457,550 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 448,470 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 471,962 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 372,500 ha | -21.1% |
| 2019 | 469,490 ha | +26.0% |
| 2020 | 449,170 ha | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 479,130 ha | +6.7% |
| 2022 | 461,570 ha | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 507,530 ha | +10.0% |
| 2024 | 475,020 ha | -6.4% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 475,020 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 2.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 475,020 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 1.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 253,580 ha | 194,599 ha | 296,098 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 300,737 ha | 243,128 ha | 395,061 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 289,144 ha | 223,511 ha | 335,616 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 302,644 ha | 251,800 ha | 398,040 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 376,579 ha | 339,599 ha | 411,348 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 417,978 ha | 323,330 ha | 471,962 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 474,484 ha | 449,170 ha | 507,530 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
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 wheat — area harvested in Sweden?
- Wheat — area harvested in Sweden was 475,020 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 507,530 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 194,599 ha in 1966.
- How does Sweden rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Sweden ranks 45th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.7%. 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, published as part of Wheat — 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.