Apricots — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Apricots — Area harvested was 704 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 704 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 795 ha in 1990 and was at its lowest, 471 ha, in 2003.
That places Switzerland 46th out of 80 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 700 ha | — |
| 1986 | 690 ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 700 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 720 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 750 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 795 ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 510 ha | -35.8% |
| 1992 | 506 ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 515 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 518 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 509 ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 616 ha | +21.0% |
| 1997 | 513 ha | -16.7% |
| 1998 | 521 ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 514 ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 519 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 530 ha | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 558 ha | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 471 ha | -15.6% |
| 2004 | 592 ha | +25.7% |
| 2005 | 602 ha | +1.7% |
| 2006 | 625 ha | +3.8% |
| 2007 | 646 ha | +3.4% |
| 2008 | 660 ha | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 669 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 689 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 670 ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 694 ha | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 702 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 708 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 709 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 721 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 736 ha | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 739 ha | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 741 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 743 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 738 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 729 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 721 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 704 ha | -2.4% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 704 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 2.4× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 704 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 830 ha, 85% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — Area harvested in Switzerland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -35.8% | 795 ha | 510 ha |
| 2004 | +25.7% | 471 ha | 592 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 712 ha | 690 ha | 750 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 551.7 ha | 506 ha | 795 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 587.2 ha | 471 ha | 669 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 710.9 ha | 670 ha | 741 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 727 ha | 704 ha | 743 ha | 5 |
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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 apricots — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Apricots — area harvested in Switzerland was 704 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 795 ha in 1990.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 471 ha in 2003.
- How does Switzerland rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 46th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — Area harvested. 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.