Commodity Origins

What does Sweden produce and export?

Sweden ranks in the top ten producers of 4 commodities: logs (#7, 3.3% of world output in 2024), sawnwood (#7, 4% of world output in 2024), lead (#9, 1.6% of world output in 2025), zinc (#10, 1.8% of world output in 2025). It is a top-ten exporter of salmon (#2, 17% of world export value in 2024), sawnwood (#2, 9.8% of world export value in 2024), oats (#5, 4.4% of world export value in 2024), iron ore (#7, 1.6% of world export value in 2024), niobium (#9, 0.3% of world export value in 2024).

Where sweden is produced, 2024World map shaded by share of sweden production in 2024. Darkest: Sweden 100%. 1 producing countries shown.Fiji: no reported productionTanzania: no reported productionWestern Sahara: no reported productionCanada: no reported productionUnited States: no reported productionKazakhstan: no reported productionUzbekistan: no reported productionPapua New Guinea: no reported productionIndonesia: no reported productionArgentina: no reported productionChile: no reported productionDR Congo: no reported productionSomalia: no reported productionKenya: no reported productionSudan: no reported productionChad: no reported productionHaiti: no reported productionDominican Republic: no reported productionRussia: no reported productionBahamas: no reported productionFalkland Isds (Malvinas): no reported productionNorway: no reported productionGreenland: no reported productionFr. South Antarctic Terr.: no reported productionTimor-Leste: no reported productionSouth Africa: no reported productionLesotho: no reported productionMexico: no reported productionUruguay: no reported productionBrazil: no reported productionBolivia: no reported productionPeru: no reported productionColombia: no reported productionPanama: no reported productionCosta Rica: no reported productionNicaragua: no reported productionHonduras: no reported productionEl Salvador: no reported productionGuatemala: no reported productionBelize: no reported productionVenezuela: no reported productionGuyana: no reported productionSuriname: no reported productionFrance: no reported productionEcuador: no reported productionPuerto Rico: no reported productionJamaica: no reported productionCuba: no reported productionZimbabwe: no reported productionBotswana: no reported productionNamibia: no reported productionSenegal: no reported productionMali: no reported productionMauritania: no reported productionBenin: no reported productionNiger: no reported productionNigeria: no reported productionCameroon: no reported productionTogo: no reported productionGhana: no reported productionIvory Coast: no reported productionGuinea: no reported productionGuinea-Bissau: no reported productionLiberia: no reported productionSierra Leone: no reported productionBurkina Faso: no reported productionCentral African Republic: no reported productionRepublic of the Congo: no reported productionGabon: no reported productionEquatorial Guinea: no reported productionZambia: no reported productionMalawi: no reported productionMozambique: no reported productionEswatini: no reported productionAngola: no reported productionBurundi: no reported productionIsrael: no reported productionLebanon: no reported productionMadagascar: no reported productionPalestine: no reported productionGambia: no reported productionTunisia: no reported productionAlgeria: no reported productionJordan: no reported productionUnited Arab Emirates: no reported productionQatar: no reported productionKuwait: no reported productionIraq: no reported productionOman: no reported productionVanuatu: no reported productionCambodia: no reported productionThailand: no reported productionLaos: no reported productionMyanmar: no reported productionVietnam: no reported productionNorth Korea: no reported productionSouth Korea: no reported productionMongolia: no reported productionIndia: no reported productionBangladesh: no reported productionBhutan: no reported productionNepal: no reported productionPakistan: no reported productionAfghanistan: no reported productionTajikistan: no reported productionKyrgyzstan: no reported productionTurkmenistan: no reported productionIran: no reported productionSyria: no reported productionArmenia: no reported productionSweden: 100% (1)Belarus: no reported productionUkraine: no reported productionPoland: no reported productionAustria: no reported productionHungary: no reported productionMoldova: no reported productionRomania: no reported productionLithuania: no reported productionLatvia: no reported productionEstonia: no reported productionGermany: no reported productionBulgaria: no reported productionGreece: no reported productionTurkey: no reported productionAlbania: no reported productionCroatia: no reported productionSwitzerland: no reported productionLuxembourg: no reported productionBelgium: no reported productionNetherlands: no reported productionPortugal: no reported productionSpain: no reported productionIreland: no reported productionNew Caledonia: no reported productionSolomon Islands: no reported productionNew Zealand: no reported productionAustralia: no reported productionSri Lanka: no reported productionChina: no reported productionTaiwan: no reported productionItaly: no reported productionDenmark: no reported productionUnited Kingdom: no reported productionIceland: no reported productionAzerbaijan: no reported productionGeorgia: no reported productionPhilippines: no reported productionMalaysia: no reported productionBrunei: no reported productionSlovenia: no reported productionFinland: no reported productionSlovakia: no reported productionCzechia: no reported productionEritrea: no reported productionJapan: no reported productionParaguay: no reported productionYemen: no reported productionSaudi Arabia: no reported productionAntarcticaN. CyprusCyprus: no reported productionMorocco: no reported productionEgypt: no reported productionLibya: no reported productionEthiopia: no reported productionDjibouti: no reported productionSomalilandUganda: no reported productionRwanda: no reported productionBosnia and Herzegovina: no reported productionNorth Macedonia: no reported productionSerbia: no reported productionMontenegro: no reported productionKosovoTrinidad and Tobago: no reported productionSouth Sudan: no reported production<0.5%0.5–1%1–2.5%2.5–5%5–10%10–20%≥20%
Share of world production, 2024. Countries with no reported production are unshaded.

What does Sweden produce?

Commodities where Sweden is a top-ten producer
CommodityWorld rankShare of worldProductionYearSource
Logs Timber & forest products73.3%64.9 million m32024faostat_fo
Sawnwood Timber & forest products74%17.9 million m32024faostat_fo
Lead Metals91.6%70,000 t2025USGS MCS
Zinc Metals101.8%230,000 t2025USGS MCS

What does Sweden export?

Top 5 Sweden commodity exports, 2024Bar chart of top 5 Sweden commodity exports in 2024: Sawnwood 9.8%, Salmon 17%, Iron ore 1.6%, Oats 4.4%, Niobium 0.3%; rest of world 66%.SawnwoodSawnwood: 9.8%, $3.7 billion9.8%SalmonSalmon: 17%, $2.8 billion17%Iron oreIron ore: 1.6%, $2.6 billion1.6%OatsOats: 4.4%, $48.4 million4.4%NiobiumNiobium: 0.3%, $12 million0.3%Rest of worldRest of world: 66%, $066%
Sweden's largest commodity exports by value. Each bar's share is that commodity's share of world trade in it, not its share of Sweden's own exports — the two are unrelated and shown so a bar near 100% marks a commodity Sweden dominates globally rather than one it merely exports a lot of.
Top 5 Sweden commodity exports in 2024
RankCommodityExport value (US$)Share of world
1Sawnwood$3.7 billion9.8%
2Salmon$2.8 billion17%
3Iron ore$2.6 billion1.6%
4Oats$48.4 million4.4%
5Niobium$12 million0.3%
Rest of world$066%

Sweden's own tracked-export mix

Unlike the chart above, this treemap sizes each commodity by its share of Sweden's own $10.8 billion of tracked exports, not by world trade. Sawnwood alone is 34% of it. See the full export dependency report for how Sweden compares with other countries.

Sweden's tracked export mix by commoditySawnwood: 34.5%; Salmon: 25.5%; Iron ore: 24.1%; Other tracked commodities: 8.8%; Steel: 4.0%; Silver: 3.0%.Sawnwood: 34.5%Sawnwood34.5%Salmon: 25.5%Salmon25.5%Iron ore: 24.1%Iron ore24.1%Other tracked commodities: 8.8%Other tracked co…8.8%Steel: 4.0%Steel4.0%Silver: 3.0%Silver3.0%
Commodities where Sweden is a top-ten exporter
CommodityWorld rankShare of world exportsExport valueYear
Salmon217%$2.8 billion2024
Sawnwood29.8%$3.7 billion2024
Oats54.4%$48.4 million2024
Iron ore71.6%$2.6 billion2024
Niobium90.3%$12 million2024

Top-ten importer of

Sources: FAOSTAT (crops and livestock), USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries (minerals), Energy Institute Statistical Review (energy) for production; CEPII BACI for trade. Ranks count only the commodities on this site.

Sweden commodity by commodity

One page for each commodity where Sweden is a top-five producer or exporter with at least 3% of the world total.

Sweden in the pattern reports

What the cross-commodity reports under Patterns say about Sweden, computed from the same data as this page.

What Sweden uses

Sweden had about 11 million people and a food supply of 3,367 kilocalories per person a day in FAO's 2023 food balance sheets. Its eight largest supplies among the commodities tracked there:

Largest domestic supplies of tracked commodities in Sweden, 2023
CommodityDomestic supplyShare of worldkg per personSelf-sufficiencyImported
Milk4.2 million tonnes0.4%221 (#24 of 142)68%49%
Wheat2.5 million tonnes0.3%101 (#49 of 143)101%24%
Potatoes1.1 million tonnes0.3%62 (#26 of 143)71%33%
Tomatoes517 thousand tonnes0.3%48 (#16 of 142)3.2%98%
Barley491 thousand tonnes0.4%0.9 (#46 of 141)187%26%
Canola429 thousand tonnes0.5%0.1 (#64 of 136)81%22%
Oranges378 thousand tonnes0.3%36 (#11 of 140)<0.1%103%
Sugar362 thousand tonnes0.2%31 (#48 of 143)83%41%

FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets. Per-person rank counts countries of at least 1 million people. See consumption and self-sufficiency.

Who supplies Sweden

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Data updated 22 October 2026.

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