Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Sweden
Sweden: Agricultural land — Share in Land area was 7.3 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Agricultural land — Share in Land area in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 7.3 % for agricultural land — share in land area in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural land — share in land area in Sweden peaked at 10.4 % in 1961 and was at its lowest, 7.3 %, in 2000.
That places Sweden 194th out of 216 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.61 % | 9.13 % | 10.4 % | 9 |
| 1970s | 9.16 % | 9.11 % | 9.23 % | 10 |
| 1980s | 8.73 % | 8.39 % | 9.09 % | 10 |
| 1990s | 8.12 % | 7.84 % | 8.38 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.63 % | 7.3 % | 7.86 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.44 % | 7.37 % | 7.55 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.34 % | 7.3 % | 7.38 % | 5 |
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More environment data for Sweden
- Standard Deviation 0.852 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.72 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 926,000 t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 11.84 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 9,814 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 2,928 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 6.44 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 6.40 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 501,136 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 469,352 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural land — share in land area in Sweden?
- Agricultural land — share in land area in Sweden was 7.3 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 10.4 % in 1961.
- What is the lowest agricultural land — share in land area recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.3 % in 2000.
- How does Sweden rank for agricultural land — share in land area?
- Sweden ranks 194th out of 216 countries with data for 2024.
- Is agricultural land — share in land area rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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 Agricultural land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.