Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sweden
Sweden: Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops was 0.575 in 2017. ▼ Falling
Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sweden, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Sweden recorded 0.575 for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in 2017.
That represents a change of down 7.3% on the previous year and down 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sweden peaked at 1.03 in 1966 and was at its lowest, 0.5723, in 1984.
Sweden ranks 54th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 57 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.9086 | 0.7603 | 1.03 | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.7354 | 0.6314 | 0.814 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6834 | 0.5723 | 0.7745 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.7227 | 0.6002 | 0.8451 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7031 | 0.6577 | 0.8115 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6499 | 0.575 | 0.7672 | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sweden?
- Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops in Sweden was 0.575 in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Sweden?
- The highest recorded value was 1.03 in 1966.
- What is the lowest arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops recorded in Sweden?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.5723 in 1984.
- How does Sweden rank for arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops?
- Sweden ranks 54th out of 163 countries with data for 2017.
- Is arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops rising or falling in Sweden?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.6%. 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 (2025); Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Index of arable land needed to produce a fixed quantity of crops (where values in 1961 are equal to 1.0).