Switzerland vs Western Europe: Plums and sloes — Yield
Plums and sloes — Yield over time
- Switzerland
- Western Europe
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 32,447 kg/ha against 12,017 kg/ha in Western Europe, a difference of 20,430 kg/ha.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 2.7 times Western Europe's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Europe ahead.
Switzerland ranks 2nd and Western Europe ranks 5th of 88 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Switzerland averaged higher in 5 and Western Europe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Switzerland | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,684 kg/ha | 42,605 kg/ha | 17,921 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1970s | 24,804 kg/ha | 36,973 kg/ha | 12,169 kg/ha | Western Europe |
| 1980s | 29,874 kg/ha | 19,997 kg/ha | 9,878 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 58,645 kg/ha | 10,031 kg/ha | 48,614 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 29,247 kg/ha | 12,030 kg/ha | 17,216 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 23,467 kg/ha | 12,871 kg/ha | 10,596 kg/ha | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 24,632 kg/ha | 11,328 kg/ha | 13,304 kg/ha | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher plums and sloes — yield, Switzerland or Western Europe?
- Switzerland, at 32,447 kg/ha against 12,017 kg/ha in Western Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in plums and sloes — yield between Switzerland and Western Europe?
- 20,430 kg/ha, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and Western Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Switzerland and Western Europe rank globally for plums and sloes — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 2nd and Western Europe ranks 5th of 88 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Plums and sloes — Yield. 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.