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 104 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Barley — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,146 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,535 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1963 | 2,966 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1964 | 3,504 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1965 | 3,082 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1966 | 3,333 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 3,752 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1968 | 3,707 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 3,604 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 3,470 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1971 | 4,249 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1972 | 4,009 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1973 | 3,952 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 4,564 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1975 | 3,855 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1976 | 4,322 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1977 | 3,899 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1978 | 4,635 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1979 | 4,650 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 4,587 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 4,532 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 4,886 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1983 | 4,688 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 5,977 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1985 | 5,329 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1986 | 4,210 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1987 | 4,724 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1988 | 5,514 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1989 | 6,464 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1990 | 5,715 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1991 | 5,809 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 5,825 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 5,970 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 5,161 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1995 | 5,382 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 6,323 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 6,328 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 6,726 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1999 | 5,122 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2000 | 5,992 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2001 | 5,592 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 6,312 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2003 | 5,538 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2004 | 6,882 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2005 | 6,134 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2006 | 6,193 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 6,036 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 6,079 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 6,412 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2010 | 6,014 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2011 | 6,471 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 6,472 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 5,769 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2014 | 7,498 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 2015 | 6,908 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 5,525 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 7,288 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 2018 | 6,486 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2019 | 6,997 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2020 | 6,874 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 6,020 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 6,583 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2023 | 6,137 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2024 | 4,608 kg/ha | -24.9% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 4,608 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,439 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 4,608 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,842 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (43 countries reporting)
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 |
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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 — 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 104 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.