Italy vs Switzerland: Rye — Area harvested
Rye — Area harvested over time
- Italy
- Switzerland
How they compare
Italy currently reports 3,690 ha against 1,970 ha in Switzerland, a difference of 1,720 ha.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.9 times Switzerland's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Italy ahead.
Italy ranks 39th and Switzerland ranks 42nd of 66 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 48,760 ha | 14,534 ha | 34,226 ha | Italy |
| 1970s | 19,567 ha | 9,915 ha | 9,653 ha | Italy |
| 1980s | 10,316 ha | 4,825 ha | 5,491 ha | Italy |
| 1990s | 7,751 ha | 5,005 ha | 2,746 ha | Italy |
| 2000s | 3,329 ha | 2,373 ha | 955.6 ha | Italy |
| 2010s | 4,234 ha | 1,938 ha | 2,296 ha | Italy |
| 2020s | 3,536 ha | 1,911 ha | 1,625 ha | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher rye — area harvested, Italy or Switzerland?
- Italy, at 3,690 ha against 1,970 ha in Switzerland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in rye — area harvested between Italy and Switzerland?
- 1,720 ha, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Switzerland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Italy and Switzerland rank globally for rye — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 39th and Switzerland ranks 42nd of 66 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Rye — 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.