Norway vs Switzerland: Potatoes — Area harvested
Potatoes — Area harvested over time
- Norway
- Switzerland
How they compare
Norway currently reports 11,887 ha against 10,685 ha in Switzerland, a difference of 1,202 ha.
That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Norway ahead.
Norway ranks 86th and Switzerland ranks 88th of 153 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Norway averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,338 ha | 41,926 ha | 3,413 ha | Norway |
| 1970s | 27,027 ha | 25,631 ha | 1,396 ha | Norway |
| 1980s | 18,901 ha | 22,253 ha | 3,352 ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 17,673 ha | 16,496 ha | 1,176 ha | Norway |
| 2000s | 14,466 ha | 12,681 ha | 1,784 ha | Norway |
| 2010s | 12,263 ha | 11,063 ha | 1,200 ha | Norway |
| 2020s | 11,683 ha | 10,761 ha | 921.6 ha | Norway |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher potatoes — area harvested, Norway or Switzerland?
- Norway, at 11,887 ha against 10,685 ha in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in potatoes — area harvested between Norway and Switzerland?
- 1,202 ha, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Norway and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Norway and Switzerland rank globally for potatoes — area harvested?
- Norway ranks 86th and Switzerland ranks 88th of 153 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Potatoes — 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.