Apples — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Apples — Area harvested was 3,624 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 3,624 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 10,970 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 2,478 ha, in 1965.
That places Switzerland 67th out of 101 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,438 ha | 2,478 ha | 4,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,673 ha | 3,014 ha | 5,427 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,017 ha | 4,918 ha | 10,970 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,614 ha | 4,943 ha | 10,570 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,413 ha | 4,195 ha | 4,812 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,947 ha | 3,733 ha | 4,218 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,661 ha | 3,624 ha | 3,687 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6446 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6446 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 14.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 1.30 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.73 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 756.04 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Apples — area harvested in Switzerland was 3,624 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 10,970 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,478 ha in 1965.
- How does Switzerland rank for apples — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 67th out of 101 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.