Norway vs Switzerland: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Norway
- Switzerland
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 84,993 ha against 59,184 ha in Norway, a difference of 25,809 ha.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.4 times Norway's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
Norway ranks 74th and Switzerland ranks 71st of 124 countries.
Switzerland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Norway | Switzerland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,720 ha | 108,354 ha | 102,634 ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 12,354 ha | 91,480 ha | 79,126 ha | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 31,948 ha | 93,311 ha | 61,363 ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 59,916 ha | 98,775 ha | 38,858 ha | Switzerland |
| 2000s | 78,913 ha | 91,364 ha | 12,451 ha | Switzerland |
| 2010s | 71,425 ha | 88,195 ha | 16,770 ha | Switzerland |
| 2020s | 66,030 ha | 87,088 ha | 21,058 ha | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Norway or Switzerland?
- Switzerland, at 84,993 ha against 59,184 ha in Norway as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Norway and Switzerland?
- 25,809 ha, with Switzerland 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 wheat — area harvested?
- Norway ranks 74th and Switzerland ranks 71st of 124 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — 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.