The latest statistics

The Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) is the responsible authority for offical statistics about both the state and changes in Swedish forests.

All land

Sweden's land area is 40.7 million hectare of which 27.9 million hectares are forest land. Of these 23.5 million hectares are productive forest land.

Forest land

Forest land areas including areas not utilised by forestry

Productive forest land

Land suitable for forest production

Land suitable for forest production

Data concerning felled area and volume

The quality declarations are only available in Swedish.

JO0801 - Skogsdata - aktuella uppgifter om de svenska skogarna
JO0802 - Arealförhållanden
JO0803 - Virkesförråd och trädbiomassa
JO0804 - Årlig tillväxt
JO0805 - Vegetations- och ståndortsförhållanden
JO0806 - Skogsskador

 

Om officiell statistik

SLU is appointed by the government to be responsible for official statistics in the area of forest condition and change. As a statistical authority, SLU is responsible, among other things, for:

  • ensuring the statistics are objective
  • ensuring the statistics are documented
  • ensuring the statistics are accompanied by a quality declaration


Official statistics must be publicly available free of charge and accessible in electronic form.

All official statistics must bear the designation Official Statistics of Sweden or be marked with the following symbol:

Please note that the designation or symbol may not be used when processing or modifying the official statistics on your own.

In SCB’s publication calendar, you can see current publication dates. Select the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences under “Select organisation.”

There are currently 27 authorities in Sweden responsible for official statistics. Statistics Sweden (SCB) is responsible for coordinating and supporting the system for official statistics. Read more about what official statistics are and which authorities are part of the network on SCB’s website.