1. Statistics from the Swedish National Forest Inventory
Yearly countrywide statistics from the Swedish forests

2. Description of the statistics
The Swedish NFI is part of Official Statistics of Sweden. Definition: The Official Statistics Act states that official statistics are statistics for public information, planning and research purposes. Official statistics shall be objective and made available to the public. Further, they are to be produced and published in a manner that protects the privacy of individuals and companies. (Law 2001:99).
Inventory basis (year 2003) sample plots of these are inventoried in the field calipered trees sample trees.

3. Mill. hectares Proportion of land area (%)
Land-use classes
Nature reserves
Urban land
Forest land
1,2 (3 %)
22,9 (56 %)
4,1 (10 %)
High mountains
Other land
Mill. hectares Proportion of land area (%)
0,8 (2 %)
3,1 (7 %)
Subalpine woodland
Arable land
3,0 (7%)
0,3 (1 %)
Rock surface
Swamp
Pasture land
0,9 (2 %)
4,5 (11 %)
0,5 (1 %)

4. Land-use classes Forest land, swamps, high mountains and
nature reserves
Forest land
44 %
Arable land
1 %
Swamp
15 %
Rock surface
Subalpine woodland
High mountains
16 %
Nature reserves
20 %
Urban land
Other land

5. Land-use classes Forest land and swamps Forest land 66 % Arable land
2 %
Swamp
12 %
Rock surface
Subalpine woodland
High mountains
8 %
Nature reserves
5 %
Urban land
1 %
Other land

6. Land-use classes Forest land, arable land, swamps and urban land
65 %
Arable land
11 %
Pasture land
1 %
Swamp
9 %
Rock surface
3 %
Nature reserves
4 %
Urban land
5 %
Other land
2 %

7. Land-use classes Forest land, arable land and urban land Forest land
57 %
Arable land
21 %
Pasture land
4 %
Swamp
Rock surface
Nature reserves
1 %
Urban land
7 %
Other land
2 %

8. Forest site productivity
Forest land

9. Forest annual increment
Forest land

10. Forest age composition5 10 15 20 25 0-
21-
41-
61-
81-
101-
121-
141-
Age class
Proportion of forest land (%)

11. Proportion of bare forest land

12. Standing volume 3086 m³sk (2001) 1760 m³sk (1926) increase 75 % 3500
3000
2500
2000
3086 m³sk
(2001)
Mill m³sk
1500
1000
1760 m³sk
(1926)
increase 75 %
500
1920
1930
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
All land-use classes

13. Proportion of standing volume by tree species
Pine
Spruce
Birch
Other broadl.

14. Growth and drain Growth Drain Cutting 20 40 60 80 100 120 1950 1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010
Mill m³sk
Growth
Drain
Cutting
All land-use classes

15. Dead wood
Forest land

16. Amount of carbon
Forest land