Barley — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Barley — Area harvested was 25,348 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Barley — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, barley — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 25,348 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 5.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 61,550 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 25,348 ha, in 2024.
That places Switzerland 69th out of 105 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.
Barley — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,310 ha | — |
| 1962 | 35,250 ha | +20.3% |
| 1963 | 31,992 ha | -9.2% |
| 1964 | 29,992 ha | -6.3% |
| 1965 | 30,697 ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 32,040 ha | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 31,079 ha | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 30,105 ha | -3.1% |
| 1969 | 36,708 ha | +21.9% |
| 1970 | 40,860 ha | +11.3% |
| 1971 | 39,470 ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 38,960 ha | -1.3% |
| 1973 | 43,730 ha | +12.2% |
| 1974 | 45,920 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 44,697 ha | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 42,390 ha | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 44,140 ha | +4.1% |
| 1978 | 46,320 ha | +4.9% |
| 1979 | 47,780 ha | +3.2% |
| 1980 | 46,111 ha | -3.5% |
| 1981 | 49,780 ha | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 48,220 ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 51,340 ha | +6.5% |
| 1984 | 52,170 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 50,512 ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 54,720 ha | +8.3% |
| 1987 | 51,080 ha | -6.7% |
| 1988 | 54,370 ha | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 55,480 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 60,036 ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 59,350 ha | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 59,700 ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 61,550 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 55,150 ha | -10.4% |
| 1995 | 54,681 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 51,059 ha | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 48,115 ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 49,020 ha | +1.9% |
| 1999 | 48,941 ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 45,741 ha | -6.5% |
| 2001 | 43,845 ha | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 39,161 ha | -10.7% |
| 2003 | 39,368 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 37,401 ha | -5.0% |
| 2005 | 37,689 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 37,138 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 34,874 ha | -6.1% |
| 2008 | 32,958 ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 30,891 ha | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 28,949 ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 28,336 ha | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 28,454 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 28,574 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 26,818 ha | -6.1% |
| 2015 | 28,753 ha | +7.2% |
| 2016 | 28,938 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 28,455 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 27,897 ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 27,178 ha | -2.6% |
| 2020 | 28,148 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 28,426 ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 28,036 ha | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 26,819 ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 25,348 ha | -5.5% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 25,348 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 120,900 ha, 21% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 25,348 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 125,680 ha, 20% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,908 ha | 29,310 ha | 36,708 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 43,427 ha | 38,960 ha | 47,780 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 51,378 ha | 46,111 ha | 55,480 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 54,760 ha | 48,115 ha | 61,550 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,907 ha | 30,891 ha | 45,741 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,235 ha | 26,818 ha | 28,949 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,355 ha | 25,348 ha | 28,426 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 barley — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Barley — area harvested in Switzerland was 25,348 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 61,550 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest barley — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 25,348 ha in 2024.
- How does Switzerland rank for barley — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 69th out of 105 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.5%. 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 Barley — 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.