Barley — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Barley — Yield was 4,608 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Barley — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for barley — yield in Switzerland is 4,608 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 24.9% on the previous year and down 38.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, barley — yield in Switzerland peaked at 7,498 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,966 kg/ha, in 1963.
Switzerland ranks 25th of 111 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,403 kg/ha | 2,966 kg/ha | 3,752 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,161 kg/ha | 3,470 kg/ha | 4,650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,091 kg/ha | 4,210 kg/ha | 6,464 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,836 kg/ha | 5,122 kg/ha | 6,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,117 kg/ha | 5,538 kg/ha | 6,882 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,543 kg/ha | 5,525 kg/ha | 7,498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,045 kg/ha | 4,608 kg/ha | 6,874 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
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 barley — yield in Switzerland?
- Barley — yield in Switzerland was 4,608 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest barley — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 7,498 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest barley — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,966 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Switzerland rank for barley — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 25th out of 111 countries with data for 2024.
- Is barley — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.5%. 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 Barley — Yield. 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.