Saudi Arabia vs Switzerland: Pulses, Total — Area harvested
Pulses, Total — Area harvested over time
- Saudi Arabia
- Switzerland
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 4,550 ha against 3,964 ha in Switzerland, a difference of 586 ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.
Saudi Arabia ranks 131st and Switzerland ranks 134th of 169 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Saudi Arabia averaged higher in 6 and Switzerland in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Saudi Arabia | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,900 ha | 0 ha | 1,900 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1970s | 2,850 ha | 502.7 ha | 2,347 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 3,690 ha | 771.5 ha | 2,918 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 4,171 ha | 2,523 ha | 1,648 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 4,585 ha | 4,591 ha | 5.7 ha | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 4,669 ha | 4,638 ha | 31.1 ha | Saudi Arabia |
| 2020s | 4,541 ha | 4,394 ha | 147.2 ha | Saudi Arabia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher pulses, total — area harvested, Saudi Arabia or Switzerland?
- Saudi Arabia, at 4,550 ha against 3,964 ha in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in pulses, total — area harvested between Saudi Arabia and Switzerland?
- 586 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Saudi Arabia and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Saudi Arabia and Switzerland rank globally for pulses, total — area harvested?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 131st and Switzerland ranks 134th of 169 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Pulses, Total — 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.