Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested was 850 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 850 ha for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 16.1% on the previous year and up 72.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 1,310 ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Switzerland 51st out of 73 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 300 ha | — |
| 1972 | 390 ha | +30.0% |
| 1973 | 720 ha | +84.6% |
| 1974 | 1,310 ha | +81.9% |
| 1975 | 1,087 ha | -17.0% |
| 1976 | 650 ha | -40.2% |
| 1977 | 220 ha | -66.2% |
| 1978 | 200 ha | -9.1% |
| 1979 | 150 ha | -25.0% |
| 1980 | 252 ha | +68.0% |
| 1981 | 190 ha | -24.6% |
| 1982 | 260 ha | +36.8% |
| 1983 | 450 ha | +73.1% |
| 1984 | 270 ha | -40.0% |
| 1985 | 202 ha | -25.2% |
| 1986 | 130 ha | -35.6% |
| 1987 | 136 ha | +4.6% |
| 1988 | 96 ha | -29.4% |
| 1989 | 120 ha | +25.0% |
| 1990 | 159 ha | +32.5% |
| 1991 | 120 ha | -24.5% |
| 1992 | 160 ha | +33.3% |
| 1993 | 260 ha | +62.5% |
| 1994 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 307 ha | +13.7% |
| 1996 | 319 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 350 ha | +9.7% |
| 1998 | 398 ha | +13.7% |
| 1999 | 270 ha | -32.2% |
| 2000 | 275 ha | +1.9% |
| 2001 | 300 ha | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 308 ha | +2.7% |
| 2003 | 311 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 249 ha | -19.9% |
| 2005 | 272 ha | +9.2% |
| 2006 | 293 ha | +7.7% |
| 2007 | 278 ha | -5.1% |
| 2008 | 245 ha | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 259 ha | +5.7% |
| 2010 | 274 ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 319 ha | +16.4% |
| 2012 | 305 ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 426 ha | +39.7% |
| 2014 | 493 ha | +15.7% |
| 2015 | 556 ha | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 646 ha | +16.2% |
| 2017 | 1,039 ha | +60.8% |
| 2018 | 1,003 ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 1,002 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 957 ha | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 722 ha | -24.6% |
| 2022 | 759 ha | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 732 ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 850 ha | +16.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 502.7 ha | 0 ha | 1,310 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 210.6 ha | 96 ha | 450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 261.3 ha | 120 ha | 398 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 279 ha | 245 ha | 311 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 606.3 ha | 274 ha | 1,039 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 804 ha | 722 ha | 957 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested in Switzerland was 850 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,310 ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 51st out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 72.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.