Eastern Africa vs Switzerland: Cheese (All Kinds) — Production

Eastern Africa
41,685 t
in 2023
Switzerland
216,417 t
in 2023
Eastern Africa rank
26th
Switzerland rank
25th

Cheese (All Kinds) — Production over time

  • Eastern Africa
  • Switzerland
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How they compare

Switzerland currently reports 216,417 t against 41,685 t in Eastern Africa, a difference of 174,732 t.

That makes Switzerland's figure about 5.2 times Eastern Africa's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Switzerland has been ahead every year.

Eastern Africa ranks 26th and Switzerland ranks 25th of 27 groups.

Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Eastern Africa Switzerland Difference Ahead
1960s 6,251 t 77,256 t 71,004 t Switzerland
1970s 6,872 t 104,120 t 97,248 t Switzerland
1980s 7,990 t 127,677 t 119,687 t Switzerland
1990s 9,955 t 140,763 t 130,808 t Switzerland
2000s 16,883 t 186,628 t 169,745 t Switzerland
2010s 139,415 t 206,489 t 67,073 t Switzerland
2020s 38,913 t 221,419 t 182,506 t Switzerland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cheese (all kinds) — production, Eastern Africa or Switzerland?
Switzerland, at 216,417 t against 41,685 t in Eastern Africa as of 2023.
What is the difference in cheese (all kinds) — production between Eastern Africa and Switzerland?
174,732 t, with Switzerland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Africa and Switzerland?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Eastern Africa and Switzerland rank globally for cheese (all kinds) — production?
Eastern Africa ranks 26th and Switzerland ranks 25th of 27 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cheese (All Kinds) — Production. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cheese (All Kinds) — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
148 places, 7,910 data points, 1961–2023
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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.