Wheat — Yield in Sweden
Sweden: Wheat — Yield was 6,169 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — yield in Sweden is 6,169 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 13.1% on the previous year and down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Sweden peaked at 7,406 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 3,017 kg/ha, in 1963.
Sweden ranks 13th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Sweden, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,263 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,061 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1963 | 3,017 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1964 | 4,105 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 1965 | 3,750 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1966 | 3,037 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1967 | 4,446 kg/ha | +46.4% |
| 1968 | 4,327 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1969 | 3,454 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1970 | 3,634 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1971 | 4,053 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1972 | 4,216 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 4,518 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1974 | 5,304 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1975 | 4,831 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1976 | 4,467 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1977 | 4,070 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1978 | 4,489 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1979 | 4,126 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1980 | 4,146 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1981 | 4,771 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1982 | 5,261 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1983 | 5,129 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 5,634 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1985 | 4,830 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1986 | 5,566 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1987 | 4,791 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1988 | 5,176 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1989 | 6,194 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1990 | 6,449 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 5,859 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 5,325 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 5,899 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1994 | 5,340 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1995 | 5,944 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1996 | 6,060 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 5,974 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 5,649 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1999 | 6,024 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 5,907 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2001 | 5,941 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2002 | 6,149 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2003 | 5,485 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2004 | 5,980 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2005 | 6,333 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 5,463 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2007 | 6,257 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2008 | 6,109 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 6,078 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 5,397 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2011 | 5,379 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 6,238 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2013 | 5,779 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2014 | 6,806 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2015 | 7,213 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 6,320 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2017 | 6,989 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 4,350 kg/ha | -37.8% |
| 2019 | 7,406 kg/ha | +70.2% |
| 2020 | 7,156 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 6,319 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 6,995 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2023 | 5,454 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2024 | 6,169 kg/ha | +13.1% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 6,169 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 6,169 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,607 kg/ha | 3,017 kg/ha | 4,446 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,371 kg/ha | 3,634 kg/ha | 5,304 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,150 kg/ha | 4,146 kg/ha | 6,194 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,852 kg/ha | 5,325 kg/ha | 6,449 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,970 kg/ha | 5,463 kg/ha | 6,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,188 kg/ha | 4,350 kg/ha | 7,406 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,419 kg/ha | 5,454 kg/ha | 7,156 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
- 10 Egypt 6,778 kg/ha compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 1,376 kg/ha compare
- 11 Belgium 6,625 kg/ha compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,201 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,125 kg/ha compare
- 12 Saudi Arabia 6,350 kg/ha compare
- 13 Melanesia 673.2 kg/ha compare
- 14 Chile 6,002 kg/ha compare
- 15 France 5,974 kg/ha compare
- 16 Czechia 5,957 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Sweden?
- Wheat — yield in Sweden was 6,169 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 7,406 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,017 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Sweden rank for wheat — yield?
- Sweden ranks 13th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. 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 — Yield. 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.