Apricots — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Apricots — Yield was 10,431 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Apricots — Yield in Switzerland, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 10,431 kg/ha for apricots — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 51.7% on the previous year and down 30.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — yield in Switzerland peaked at 18,900 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 2,368 kg/ha, in 2001.
Switzerland ranks 13th of 70 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Apricots — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 14,286 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 7,246 kg/ha | -49.3% |
| 1987 | 18,571 kg/ha | +156.3% |
| 1988 | 3,681 kg/ha | -80.2% |
| 1989 | 18,900 kg/ha | +413.5% |
| 1990 | 9,245 kg/ha | -51.1% |
| 1991 | 8,235 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1992 | 18,676 kg/ha | +126.8% |
| 1993 | 3,466 kg/ha | -81.4% |
| 1994 | 13,318 kg/ha | +284.3% |
| 1995 | 8,530 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 1996 | 8,526 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 3,747 kg/ha | -56.1% |
| 1998 | 8,061 kg/ha | +115.2% |
| 1999 | 5,924 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 2000 | 13,343 kg/ha | +125.2% |
| 2001 | 2,368 kg/ha | -82.3% |
| 2002 | 8,271 kg/ha | +249.3% |
| 2003 | 5,117 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 2004 | 11,927 kg/ha | +133.1% |
| 2005 | 8,573 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 2006 | 10,550 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2007 | 9,915 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 8,512 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2009 | 14,126 kg/ha | +65.9% |
| 2010 | 11,887 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2011 | 14,027 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2012 | 12,634 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2013 | 11,959 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2014 | 15,001 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2015 | 11,797 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2016 | 12,834 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2017 | 6,413 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 2018 | 12,710 kg/ha | +98.2% |
| 2019 | 12,169 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 11,158 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2021 | 4,535 kg/ha | -59.4% |
| 2022 | 11,169 kg/ha | +146.3% |
| 2023 | 6,877 kg/ha | -38.4% |
| 2024 | 10,431 kg/ha | +51.7% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 10,431 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5,416 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 10,431 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 7,739 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +413.5% | 3,681 kg/ha | 18,900 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 12,537 kg/ha | 3,681 kg/ha | 18,900 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 8,773 kg/ha | 3,466 kg/ha | 18,676 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,270 kg/ha | 2,368 kg/ha | 14,126 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,143 kg/ha | 6,413 kg/ha | 15,001 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,834 kg/ha | 4,535 kg/ha | 11,169 kg/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 — yield in Switzerland?
- Apricots — yield in Switzerland was 10,431 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 18,900 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest apricots — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,368 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Switzerland rank for apricots — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 13th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — 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.