Bees — Stocks in Switzerland
Switzerland: Bees — Stocks was 203,875 No in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bees — Stocks in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 203,875 No for bees — stocks in 2024.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 21.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Switzerland peaked at 300,000 No in 1975 and was at its lowest, 161,447 No, in 2012.
Switzerland ranks 64th of 130 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 270,503 No | 268,000 No | 281,388 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 280,040 No | 264,000 No | 300,000 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 257,052 No | 243,000 No | 273,000 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 266,155 No | 246,278 No | 275,770 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 204,573 No | 173,814 No | 235,801 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 171,319 No | 161,447 No | 183,170 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 195,629 No | 186,827 No | 203,875 No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 61 El Salvador 216,235 No compare
- 62 Republic of Moldova 211,964 No compare
- 63 Slovenia 208,000 No compare
- 65 Japan 199,326 No compare
- 66 Georgia 192,700 No compare
- 67 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 191,000 No compare
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 bees — stocks in Switzerland?
- Bees — stocks in Switzerland was 203,875 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 300,000 No in 1975.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 161,447 No in 2012.
- How does Switzerland rank for bees — stocks?
- Switzerland ranks 64th out of 130 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.1%. 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 Bees — Stocks. 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.