Arable land — all countries

Arable land — Sweden

Arable land in Sweden in 2023 — 2,526,000 ha. Ranked 74 in the world out of 206. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 28.8%.

2023 2.53M ha −0.08% vs 2022
World rank 74of 206
Period maximum 3.55M ha1961
Period minimum 2.53M ha2023

Trend over time

1961–2023 · hectares

Arable land — Sweden, 1961–20232.5M3M3.5M4M19611968197519821989199620032010201720231961: 3,549,000 ha1963: 3,293,000 ha1965: 3,161,000 ha1967: 3,096,000 ha1969: 3,051,000 ha1971: 3,047,000 ha1973: 3,014,000 ha1975: 3,002,000 ha1977: 2,990,000 ha1979: 2,981,000 ha1981: 2,956,000 ha1983: 2,937,000 ha1985: 2,918,000 ha1987: 2,886,000 ha1989: 2,849,000 ha1991: 2,787,000 ha1993: 2,777,000 ha1995: 2,764,000 ha1997: 2,796,000 ha1999: 2,744,000 ha2001: 2,678,800 ha2003: 2,641,600 ha2005: 2,687,100 ha2007: 2,631,400 ha2009: 2,627,700 ha2011: 2,604,100 ha2013: 2,588,620 ha2015: 2,575,190 ha2017: 2,555,110 ha2019: 2,540,000 ha2021: 2,535,000 ha2023: 2,526,000 ha
Change over the period: −1.02M (−28.83%) Average annual rate: -0.55 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sweden

Sweden 2.53M ha
World computed 1.38B ha
Europe & Central Asia computed 331M ha
Northern Europe computed 18.94M ha
High-income countries computed 458M ha
Arable land — Sweden, by year Sweden All countries CSV XLSX
Year ha Change Change, %
2023 2.53M −2,000 −0.08%
2022 2.53M −7,000 −0.28%
2021 2.54M −4,000 −0.16%
2020 2.54M −1,000 −0.04%
2019 2.54M −1,990 −0.08%
2018 2.54M −13,120 −0.51%
2017 2.56M −10,470 −0.41%
2016 2.57M −9,610 −0.37%
2015 2.58M −5,540 −0.21%
2014 2.58M −7,890 −0.3%
2013 2.59M −5,180 −0.2%
2012 2.59M −10,300 −0.4%
2011 2.6M −14,500 −0.55%
2010 2.62M −9,100 −0.35%
2009 2.63M +13,000 +0.5%
2008 2.61M −16,700 −0.63%
2007 2.63M −14,100 −0.53%
2006 2.65M −41,600 −1.55%
2005 2.69M +41,400 +1.56%
2004 2.65M +4,100 +0.16%
2003 2.64M −12,900 −0.49%
2002 2.65M −24,300 −0.91%
2001 2.68M +79,500 +3.06%
2000 2.6M −144,700 −5.27%
1999 2.74M −37,000 −1.33%
1998 2.78M −15,000 −0.54%
1997 2.8M −13,000 −0.46%
1996 2.81M +45,000 +1.63%
1995 2.76M −13,000 −0.47%
1994 2.78M +0 +0%
1993 2.78M +12,000 +0.43%
1992 2.77M −22,000 −0.79%
1991 2.79M −54,000 −1.9%
1990 2.84M −8,000 −0.28%
1989 2.85M −19,000 −0.66%
1988 2.87M −18,000 −0.62%
1987 2.89M −18,000 −0.62%
1986 2.9M −14,000 −0.48%
1985 2.92M −11,000 −0.38%
1984 2.93M −8,000 −0.27%
1983 2.94M −9,000 −0.31%
1982 2.95M −10,000 −0.34%
1981 2.96M −19,000 −0.64%
1980 2.98M −6,000 −0.2%
1979 2.98M −15,000 −0.5%
1978 3M +6,000 +0.2%
1977 2.99M −9,000 −0.3%
1976 3M −3,000 −0.1%
1975 3M −13,000 −0.43%
1974 3.02M +1,000 +0.03%
1973 3.01M −13,000 −0.43%
1972 3.03M −20,000 −0.66%
1971 3.05M −2,000 −0.07%
1970 3.05M −2,000 −0.07%
1969 3.05M +24,000 +0.79%
1968 3.03M −69,000 −2.23%
1967 3.1M −13,000 −0.42%
1966 3.11M −52,000 −1.65%
1965 3.16M −94,000 −2.89%
1964 3.26M −38,000 −1.15%
1963 3.29M −191,000 −5.48%
1962 3.48M −65,000 −1.83%
1961 3.55M

About the indicator

The area of arable land: land under annual crops, temporary meadows, kitchen gardens and land lying fallow for up to five years. It differs from agricultural land in excluding pasture and permanent crops — and since pasture makes up most of agricultural land, arable land is usually about a third the size. The world area of arable land has barely grown since the 1990s: the added output of recent decades came from yields, not from an expansion of fields.

Important: Land lying fallow for up to five years is included, abandoned land is not. Permanent crops — orchards, vineyards, plantations — do not count as arable land.

Source: FAOSTAT (FAO), license CC BY 4.0.