New Zealand vs Switzerland: Cereals, primary — Area harvested
Cereals, primary — Area harvested over time
- New Zealand
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 137,029 ha against 121,170 ha in New Zealand, a difference of 15,859 ha.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.1 times New Zealand's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
New Zealand ranks 128th and Switzerland ranks 125th of 178 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 2 and Switzerland in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | New Zealand | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 152,221 ha | 174,808 ha | 22,587 ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 211,546 ha | 175,581 ha | 35,964 ha | New Zealand |
| 1980s | 206,400 ha | 184,356 ha | 22,044 ha | New Zealand |
| 1990s | 150,803 ha | 198,978 ha | 48,176 ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 132,346 ha | 166,312 ha | 33,966 ha | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 132,416 ha | 144,360 ha | 11,944 ha | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 115,836 ha | 141,626 ha | 25,790 ha | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereals, primary — area harvested, New Zealand or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 137,029 ha against 121,170 ha in New Zealand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereals, primary — area harvested between New Zealand and Switzerland?
- 15,859 ha, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do New Zealand and Switzerland rank globally for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 128th and Switzerland ranks 125th of 178 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cereals, primary — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.