Belgium vs Switzerland: Oats — Area harvested
Oats — Area harvested over time
- Belgium
- Switzerland
How they compare
Belgium currently reports 3,210 ha against 2,135 ha in Switzerland, a difference of 1,075 ha.
That makes Belgium's figure about 1.5 times Switzerland's.
Across all 25 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.
Belgium ranks 58th and Switzerland ranks 60th of 79 countries.
Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belgium | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,816 ha | 3,184 ha | 2,632 ha | Belgium |
| 2010s | 3,702 ha | 1,679 ha | 2,023 ha | Belgium |
| 2020s | 3,426 ha | 2,307 ha | 1,119 ha | Belgium |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oats — area harvested, Belgium or Switzerland?
- Belgium, at 3,210 ha against 2,135 ha in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oats — area harvested between Belgium and Switzerland?
- 1,075 ha, with Belgium ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Switzerland?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Belgium and Switzerland rank globally for oats — area harvested?
- Belgium ranks 58th and Switzerland ranks 60th of 79 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oats — 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.