Apples — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Apples — Yield was 59,025 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — yield in Switzerland stood at 59,025 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 32.9% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Switzerland peaked at 173,653 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 21,896 kg/ha, in 1987.
That places Switzerland 2nd out of 96 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 99,926 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 100,083 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 99,889 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 97,400 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1965 | 103,067 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 138,340 kg/ha | +34.2% |
| 1967 | 173,653 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1968 | 74,298 kg/ha | -57.2% |
| 1969 | 137,270 kg/ha | +84.8% |
| 1970 | 92,900 kg/ha | -32.3% |
| 1971 | 93,863 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1972 | 60,876 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1973 | 84,897 kg/ha | +39.5% |
| 1974 | 51,031 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1975 | 88,164 kg/ha | +72.8% |
| 1976 | 47,322 kg/ha | -46.3% |
| 1977 | 53,153 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1978 | 66,157 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 1979 | 81,445 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1980 | 63,468 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1981 | 46,570 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1982 | 105,202 kg/ha | +125.9% |
| 1983 | 48,585 kg/ha | -53.8% |
| 1984 | 78,080 kg/ha | +60.7% |
| 1985 | 25,446 kg/ha | -67.4% |
| 1986 | 35,923 kg/ha | +41.2% |
| 1987 | 21,896 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 1988 | 45,117 kg/ha | +106.0% |
| 1989 | 28,796 kg/ha | -36.2% |
| 1990 | 37,635 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1991 | 36,779 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1992 | 87,558 kg/ha | +138.1% |
| 1993 | 52,209 kg/ha | -40.4% |
| 1994 | 56,428 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1995 | 38,971 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1996 | 69,455 kg/ha | +78.2% |
| 1997 | 44,400 kg/ha | -36.1% |
| 1998 | 84,080 kg/ha | +89.4% |
| 1999 | 45,644 kg/ha | -45.7% |
| 2000 | 77,927 kg/ha | +70.7% |
| 2001 | 42,968 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 2002 | 60,246 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 2003 | 47,506 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 2004 | 64,944 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 2005 | 49,362 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2006 | 60,585 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2007 | 64,917 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 60,760 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 59,407 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 47,805 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 2011 | 78,218 kg/ha | +63.6% |
| 2012 | 56,442 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 2013 | 52,624 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 59,410 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 55,462 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2016 | 58,978 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2017 | 38,325 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 2018 | 78,388 kg/ha | +104.5% |
| 2019 | 52,564 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 2020 | 64,588 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2021 | 48,047 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 2022 | 53,022 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 44,400 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2024 | 59,025 kg/ha | +32.9% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 59,025 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 3.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 59,025 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 13,058 kg/ha, 4.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113,770 kg/ha | 74,298 kg/ha | 173,653 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 71,981 kg/ha | 47,322 kg/ha | 93,863 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 49,908 kg/ha | 21,896 kg/ha | 105,202 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,316 kg/ha | 36,779 kg/ha | 87,558 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 58,862 kg/ha | 42,968 kg/ha | 77,927 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,822 kg/ha | 38,325 kg/ha | 78,388 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,816 kg/ha | 44,400 kg/ha | 64,588 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 1 New Zealand 60,409 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 26,737 kg/ha compare
- 3 Chile 51,975 kg/ha compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,474 kg/ha compare
- 4 Belgium-Luxembourg 51,790 kg/ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 11,679 kg/ha compare
- 5 Italy 44,933 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 739.83 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8806 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1427 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — yield in Switzerland?
- Apples — yield in Switzerland was 59,025 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 173,653 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 21,896 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Switzerland rank for apples — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 2nd out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.