Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Sweden
Sweden: Wood fuel — Production, per capita was 0.5298 m3 per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Sweden, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wood fuel — production, per capita in Sweden is 0.5298 m3 per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood fuel — production, per capita in Sweden peaked at 0.7143 m3 per person in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.3041 m3 per person, in 1976.
That places Sweden 36th out of 170 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wood fuel — Production, per capita in Sweden, year by year
| Year | m3 per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.6383 m3 per person | — |
| 1962 | 0.5819 m3 per person | -8.8% |
| 1963 | 0.5523 m3 per person | -5.1% |
| 1964 | 0.5221 m3 per person | -5.5% |
| 1965 | 0.5043 m3 per person | -3.4% |
| 1966 | 0.4739 m3 per person | -6.0% |
| 1967 | 0.4576 m3 per person | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 0.455 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 0.4267 m3 per person | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 0.4103 m3 per person | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 0.3828 m3 per person | -6.7% |
| 1972 | 0.344 m3 per person | -10.1% |
| 1973 | 0.3073 m3 per person | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 0.3064 m3 per person | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.3052 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.3041 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 0.3393 m3 per person | +11.6% |
| 1978 | 0.4108 m3 per person | +21.1% |
| 1979 | 0.4702 m3 per person | +14.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5294 m3 per person | +12.6% |
| 1981 | 0.5288 m3 per person | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 0.5285 m3 per person | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 0.5283 m3 per person | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.5278 m3 per person | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 0.5269 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.5257 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 0.5239 m3 per person | -0.3% |
| 1988 | 0.5215 m3 per person | -0.5% |
| 1989 | 0.5181 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 0.444 m3 per person | -14.3% |
| 1991 | 0.441 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.4384 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.4359 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.4328 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 0.4305 m3 per person | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 0.4298 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.4296 m3 per person | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.6666 m3 per person | +55.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6661 m3 per person | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.665 m3 per person | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 0.6632 m3 per person | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.6611 m3 per person | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.6586 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.656 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.6534 m3 per person | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.6497 m3 per person | -0.6% |
| 2007 | 0.6449 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 0.6399 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.6345 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.6291 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0.6244 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2012 | 0.6198 m3 per person | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 0.6146 m3 per person | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0.6085 m3 per person | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 0.7143 m3 per person | +17.4% |
| 2016 | 0.6953 m3 per person | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6562 m3 per person | -5.6% |
| 2018 | 0.5372 m3 per person | -18.1% |
| 2019 | 0.5253 m3 per person | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 0.4926 m3 per person | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5664 m3 per person | +15.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5721 m3 per person | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5315 m3 per person | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 0.5298 m3 per person | -0.3% |
Sweden compared with similar countries
- Sweden's 0.5298 m3 per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.0756 m3 per person, 7.0× the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Sweden's 0.5298 m3 per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.2587 m3 per person, 2.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood fuel — Production, per capita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +55.2% | 0.4296 m3 per person | 0.6666 m3 per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5124 m3 per person | 0.4267 m3 per person | 0.6383 m3 per person | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.358 m3 per person | 0.3041 m3 per person | 0.4702 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5259 m3 per person | 0.5181 m3 per person | 0.5294 m3 per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4815 m3 per person | 0.4296 m3 per person | 0.6666 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.6526 m3 per person | 0.6345 m3 per person | 0.665 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6225 m3 per person | 0.5253 m3 per person | 0.7143 m3 per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5385 m3 per person | 0.4926 m3 per person | 0.5721 m3 per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sweden
More environment data for Sweden
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- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.12 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.852 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.72 °C (2025)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.8968 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 0.1522 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood fuel — production, per capita in Sweden?
- Wood fuel — production, per capita in Sweden was 0.5298 m3 per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7143 m3 per person in 2015.
- What is the lowest wood fuel — production, per capita recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3041 m3 per person in 1976.
- How does Sweden rank for wood fuel — production, per capita?
- Sweden ranks 36th out of 170 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wood fuel — production, per capita rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sweden data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wood fuel — Production, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood fuel — Production ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Wood fuel — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Wood fuel — Production divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.