Sweden - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Sweden was 2,550,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,549,000 in 1961 and a minimum value of 2,550,000 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 3,549,000
1962 3,484,000
1963 3,293,000
1964 3,255,000
1965 3,161,000
1966 3,109,000
1967 3,096,000
1968 3,027,000
1969 3,051,000
1970 3,049,000
1971 3,047,000
1972 3,027,000
1973 3,014,000
1974 3,015,000
1975 3,002,000
1976 2,999,000
1977 2,990,000
1978 2,996,000
1979 2,981,000
1980 2,975,000
1981 2,956,000
1982 2,946,000
1983 2,937,000
1984 2,929,000
1985 2,918,000
1986 2,904,000
1987 2,886,000
1988 2,868,000
1989 2,849,000
1990 2,841,000
1991 2,787,000
1992 2,765,000
1993 2,777,000
1994 2,777,000
1995 2,764,000
1996 2,809,000
1997 2,796,000
1998 2,781,000
1999 2,744,000
2000 2,703,000
2001 2,691,000
2002 2,677,000
2003 2,666,000
2004 2,656,000
2005 2,698,000
2006 2,655,000
2007 2,643,000
2008 2,630,000
2009 2,638,000
2010 2,629,000
2011 2,614,000
2012 2,603,000
2013 2,600,000
2014 2,593,000
2015 2,586,000
2016 2,575,600
2017 2,564,000
2018 2,550,000

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Sweden was 0.251 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.472 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.251 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 0.472
1962 0.461
1963 0.433
1964 0.425
1965 0.409
1966 0.398
1967 0.393
1968 0.383
1969 0.383
1970 0.379
1971 0.376
1972 0.373
1973 0.370
1974 0.369
1975 0.366
1976 0.365
1977 0.362
1978 0.362
1979 0.359
1980 0.358
1981 0.355
1982 0.354
1983 0.353
1984 0.351
1985 0.349
1986 0.347
1987 0.344
1988 0.340
1989 0.335
1990 0.332
1991 0.323
1992 0.319
1993 0.319
1994 0.316
1995 0.313
1996 0.318
1997 0.316
1998 0.314
1999 0.310
2000 0.305
2001 0.302
2002 0.300
2003 0.298
2004 0.295
2005 0.299
2006 0.292
2007 0.289
2008 0.285
2009 0.284
2010 0.280
2011 0.277
2012 0.273
2013 0.271
2014 0.267
2015 0.264
2016 0.260
2017 0.255
2018 0.251

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Sweden was 6.26 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 8.65 in 1961, while its lowest value was 6.26 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1961 8.65
1962 8.49
1963 8.03
1964 7.93
1965 7.70
1966 7.58
1967 7.54
1968 7.38
1969 7.44
1970 7.43
1971 7.43
1972 7.38
1973 7.35
1974 7.35
1975 7.32
1976 7.31
1977 7.29
1978 7.30
1979 7.26
1980 7.25
1981 7.20
1982 7.18
1983 7.16
1984 7.14
1985 7.11
1986 7.08
1987 7.03
1988 6.99
1989 6.94
1990 6.92
1991 6.79
1992 6.74
1993 6.77
1994 6.77
1995 6.74
1996 6.85
1997 6.81
1998 6.78
1999 6.69
2000 6.59
2001 6.56
2002 6.52
2003 6.50
2004 6.47
2005 6.58
2006 6.47
2007 6.44
2008 6.41
2009 6.43
2010 6.41
2011 6.37
2012 6.39
2013 6.38
2014 6.37
2015 6.35
2016 6.32
2017 6.29
2018 6.26

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use