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 58th of 120 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.
Bees — Stocks in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 281,388 No | — |
| 1962 | 275,000 No | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 268,000 No | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 268,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 268,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 270,138 No | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 268,000 No | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 268,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 268,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 266,000 No | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 266,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 264,000 No | -0.8% |
| 1973 | 264,905 No | +0.3% |
| 1974 | 295,500 No | +11.5% |
| 1975 | 300,000 No | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 300,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 300,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 272,998 No | -9.0% |
| 1979 | 271,000 No | -0.7% |
| 1980 | 272,000 No | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 272,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 273,000 No | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 246,630 No | -9.7% |
| 1984 | 247,000 No | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 251,000 No | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 261,000 No | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 257,000 No | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 247,888 No | -3.5% |
| 1989 | 243,000 No | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 275,770 No | +13.5% |
| 1991 | 261,243 No | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 272,205 No | +4.2% |
| 1993 | 271,205 No | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 269,938 No | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 269,180 No | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 269,490 No | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 266,438 No | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 259,805 No | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 246,278 No | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 235,801 No | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 221,573 No | -6.0% |
| 2002 | 214,280 No | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 208,008 No | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 207,945 No | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 208,091 No | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 202,839 No | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 193,355 No | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 180,026 No | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 173,814 No | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 165,045 No | -5.0% |
| 2011 | 169,391 No | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 161,447 No | -4.7% |
| 2013 | 169,391 No | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 168,415 No | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 168,965 No | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 172,680 No | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 174,986 No | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 179,704 No | +2.7% |
| 2019 | 183,170 No | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 186,827 No | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 196,451 No | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 192,917 No | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 198,074 No | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 203,875 No | +2.9% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 203,875 No is below the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 72% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 203,875 No is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 342,000 No, 60% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
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
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 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 58th out of 120 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.