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Agriculture, forestry and fishery

Official statistics of Sweden

Surveys by statistics areas

  • Agricultural economy

    Economic accounts for agriculture

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics show the value of the agricultural sector's production, costs for this production and the total economic development in the agricultural sector.

    Income of agricultural households

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include income after transfers distributed by income components, type of household and taxable income by hectares of arable land, farm types and age of farm operators

    Agricultural economics survey

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include incomes, costs and results of different types of agricultural enterprises, land use, average number of livestock and labour in agriculture and forestry, distributed by personnel categories.

  • Agricultural production

    Animal products

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include the quantity of milk weighed in and production at dairy farms and slaughter of large livestock and poultry at abattoirs. Comparisons with countries in the European Union are also carried out.

    General agricultural statistics

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The compilation of agricultural statistics is the best source of information if you want to follow progress in the sectors of food or agriculture.

    Horticultural production

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics show the Swedish professional horticultural production by presenting areas and produced quantities for each horticultural crop. Every third year, data for all horticultural crops are presented for the whole of Sweden as well as by county, and in some instances by size of the producing holdings (as measured by area). In intervening years we present data for the largest crops (by area) for the whole of Sweden.

    Organic animal production

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics show the scope of organic production of meat, poultry and eggs.

    Production forecast for cereals and oilseed crops

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics show estimates of yield per hectare, area and total yield for wheat, rye, barley and oats for the country.

    Production of cereals, dried pulses and oil-seeds

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    Production of organic and non-organic farming

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include yield per hectare, area and total yield for wheat, rye, and barley, oats and table potatoes in organic and non-organic and farming per county and production area.

    Production of potatoes

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics show yield per hectare and total yield of table potatoes and starch potatoes by county.

    Production of temporary grasses

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    Standard yields

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics show the expected yield of various crops in normal weather conditions per crop area, county, production area and the country.

  • Agricultural structure

    Areas sown in the autumn

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include details about areas sown in the autumn with winter wheat, winter rye and winter barley per county and production area.

    Drainage of agricultural land

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include drained and tile drained arable land and arable land with need for new and refurbished tile drainage by county, production area and farm type.

    Farm animals in June

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics show the number of cattle per type of livestock in Sweden and the number of companies that own livestock in December each year.

    Fruit trees of the horticultural production

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics consist of areas and number of fruit trees in the Swedish professional production of fruit, presented by plantation age and cultivar. At present, we only present data for the cultivation of apples.

    Full time employment in agriculture

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include amount of arable and agricultural land in full-time farming and the number of full-time holdings by type of tenure per county and production area.

    Greenhouses of the horticultural production

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics describe physical and production-related aspects of the greenhouses run within the Swedish horticultural production. We present areas, greenhouse age distribution, energy use by energy source, prevalence of some inventories and use of various pesticides.

    Holdings and holders in agriculture

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    Horses

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include the number of horses, horses per 1 000 inhabitants and the number of locations with horses per county and national area (NUTS 2).

    Number of cattle in December

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics show the number of cattle per type of livestock.

    Organic farming

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    Organic farming and organic livestock

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics shows the scope of organic farming and the number of organic livestock.

    Organic livestock

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    Other gainfull activities on agricultural holdings

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics show the number of enterprises with other gainful activities by type of farming and turnover.

    Sheep in December

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics show the number of sheep in Sweden and the number of companies that own sheep in December each year.

    Structure of the horticultural production sector

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    These statistics cover structural aspects of the Swedish horticultural production by showing for instance open ground production and greenhouse areas, number of holdings, employment, manager age distribution and the prevalence of other agricultural production in the horticultural holdings.

    Typology of holdings

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include details about the number of enterprises and labour need broken down by type of farming per county and production area.

    Use of agricultural land

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    Statistics include details about areas of cereals, leguminous plants, green fodder and ley, potatoes, sugar beets and oil crops per county, production area and amount of agricultural land, arable land and grazing land, converted and under conversion to organic farming by county.

  • Animal health

    Animal health

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics show the number of calves that die within a month after birth, disease in dairy cows and colic in horses. Animal health is defined as the freedom of the individual, group or livestock unit from disease, injury and other suffering.

  • Aquaculture

    Aquaculture in Sweden

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics cover production of fish for consumption (including crayfish and mussels) and fish for stocking (including crayfish).

  • Employment in agriculture

    Employment in agriculture

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics cover sex, age and number of working hours in agriculture for the holder and his/her spouse, other family members and other permanently or temporarily employees persons.

  • Employment in forestry

    Employment in forestry

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics cover employment in large-scale forestry, that is, holdings with at least 5 000 hectares of forest.

    Forest contractors

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics cover the number of employees and the number of working hours per employee and holder, and broken down by men and women.

  • Environment and social issues in forestry

    Environmental consideration after final felling

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The purpose of the statistics is to follow up the environmental consideration taken in connection with regeneration cutting. This consideration in connection with regeneration cutting is key to Swedish forestry policy.

    Environmental consideration to cultural heritage

    Every year, the Swedish Forest Agency inventories consideration after felling at sites with previously known and registered cultural remains. Cultural remains refer to both ancient remains and other cultural-historical remains.

    Property and Ownership Structure in Forestry

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics show ownership of the Swedish forest. The statistics are based on agricultural units from the property tax assessment and the basis for the information is thus based on the information that the property owners themselves provide in the declaration. The area reported in the statistics therefore refers to submitted productive forest land.

    The Swedish Forest Agency’s formal protection and compensation payments

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics show areas by number and hectares that are legally protected as habitat protection areas and areas covered by nature conservation agreements.

    Voluntary set-asides and area under forest management certification schemes

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics show areas where the landowner has voluntarily decided not to carry out measures that could damage natural values, cultural environments or social values. That is to say, without decision or compensation from the state. Here you also find how much of the productive forest land is certified in accordance with PEFC or FSC.

  • Fishery

    Fishing in inland waters by commercial fishermen

    Statistical agency: Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management

    Statistics show catch quantities and catch values broken down by Vänern, Vättern, Hjälmaren, Mälaren and other freshwater bodies.

    Fishing in marine waters by commercial fishermen

    Statistical agency: Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management

    Statistics show catches by fishing area, quantities landed and first hand value by month and year. The number of vessels and vessel capacity per year.

    Recreational fishing

    Statistical agency: Swedish Agency for Marine and Water Management

    The statistics include the number of recreational fishermen, the number of fishing days and catches distributed by fishing in coastal areas and seas, and lakes and watercourses, as well as the economic scope of recreational fishing.

  • Forest State and Change

    Annual volume increment

    Statistical agency: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    The statistics cover average growth per tree species.

    Area conditions

    Statistical agency: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    The statistics cover land area and forest land per county broken down by type of ownership under the Forestry Act, productive forest land area broken down by age class and cutting class and areas of older forest.

    Forest damage

    Statistical agency: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    The statistics cover the number of trees per defoliation class.

    Forestry statistics – current information about forest resources in Sweden

    Statistical agency: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    The statistics cover land area, forest land area, productive forest land area, standing volume, yearly growth and forest damage per county and national regions.

    Standing volume and tree biomass

    Statistical agency: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    The statistics cover the standing volume per tree species, diameter class and volume of dead wood.

    Vegetation and site conditions

    Statistical agency: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    The statistics cover productive forest land area distributed by site productivity in owner groups.

  • Forestry production

    Felling

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics show felled volume and area.

    Forestry activities and employment in small scale forestry

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics cover employment (self-management), felling and silviculture measures in small-scale forestry.

    Forestry activities in large scale forestry

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics cover felling and silviculture measures in large-scale forestry, that is, forest owners with at least 5 000 hectares forest land.

    Large-scale forestry costs and revenue

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics present various costs in large-scale forestry.

    Notified areas for final fellings

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics show the development of notifications and applications for regeneration cutting and felling for purposes other than timber production.

    Prices of standing timber

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    These statistics are no longer updated.

    Prices on roundwood

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics include quarterly prices of delivery timber.

    Production of forest seedlings

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics show the scope of delivered forest seedlings for use in Sweden.

    Quality of regeneration

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics show regeneration quality in connection with regeneration cutting.

    Stocks of pulpwood, chips and coniferous sawlogs

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The statistics show quarterly inventories of pulpwood and chips per all types of inventory areas (on roads, in terminals or industries) and all that have inventories (industry, management or purchasing enterprises).

  • General statistics

    Food statistics

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include food consumption - in total and per person and year ­- of bread and grain products, meat, fish, dairy products and fruit. Data is often available from 1960 and onwards

    Statistical Yearbook of Forestry

    Statistical agency: Swedish Forest Agency

    The yearbook contains information on conditions and events in Swedish forestry and the Swedish forestry industry. The Statistical Yearbook of Forestry has been published since the 1940s.

  • Price trends in agriculture

    Price index and prices in the food sector

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    Price Index, the Price Index for the food industry food from regulated agricultural products and the Consumer Price Index, food from price-regulated agricultural products per month.

    Prices on land

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include average prices of agricultural land and arable land as well as the number of sales of whole or parts of areas per national area (NUTS 2) and production area.

    Rents on land

    Statistical agency: Swedish Board of Agriculture

    The statistics include average rent price for agricultural land and arable land per national area (NUTS 2) and production area.