Switzerland vs Yemen: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Switzerland
- Yemen
How they compare
Switzerland currently reports 84,993 ha against 63,748 ha in Yemen, a difference of 21,245 ha.
That makes Switzerland's figure about 1.3 times Yemen's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Switzerland ahead.
Switzerland ranks 71st and Yemen ranks 73rd of 124 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Switzerland averaged higher in 4 and Yemen in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Switzerland | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 108,354 ha | 31,258 ha | 77,096 ha | Switzerland |
| 1970s | 91,480 ha | 67,128 ha | 24,352 ha | Switzerland |
| 1980s | 93,311 ha | 75,424 ha | 17,887 ha | Switzerland |
| 1990s | 98,775 ha | 98,793 ha | 18.2 ha | Yemen |
| 2000s | 91,364 ha | 102,026 ha | 10,662 ha | Yemen |
| 2010s | 88,195 ha | 98,008 ha | 9,813 ha | Yemen |
| 2020s | 87,088 ha | 68,262 ha | 18,826 ha | Switzerland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Switzerland or Yemen?
- Switzerland, at 84,993 ha against 63,748 ha in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Switzerland and Yemen?
- 21,245 ha, with Switzerland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Switzerland and Yemen?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Switzerland and Yemen rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 71st and Yemen ranks 73rd 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.