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 47th out of 133 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.
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 share gdp 1.5 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.5 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
- Rural population 10.9% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.8% (2025)
- Rural population 1.16 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 10.06 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 0 t (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 47th out of 133 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.