Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 2,258 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 2,258 ha for carrots and turnips — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 18.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 2,314 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 419 ha, in 1965.
That places Switzerland 62nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,080 ha | — |
| 1962 | 868 ha | -19.6% |
| 1963 | 735 ha | -15.3% |
| 1964 | 630 ha | -14.3% |
| 1965 | 419 ha | -33.5% |
| 1966 | 520 ha | +24.1% |
| 1967 | 470 ha | -9.6% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 620 ha | +12.7% |
| 1971 | 650 ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 600 ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,050 ha | +75.0% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | +4.8% |
| 1976 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 1978 | 1,150 ha | -11.5% |
| 1979 | 1,000 ha | -13.0% |
| 1980 | 1,033 ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 1,297 ha | +25.6% |
| 1982 | 1,291 ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 1,118 ha | -13.4% |
| 1984 | 1,254 ha | +12.2% |
| 1985 | 1,131 ha | -9.8% |
| 1986 | 1,208 ha | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 1,374 ha | +13.7% |
| 1988 | 1,352 ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 1,331 ha | -1.6% |
| 1990 | 1,358 ha | +2.0% |
| 1991 | 1,335 ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 1,289 ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 1,360 ha | +5.5% |
| 1994 | 1,371 ha | +0.8% |
| 1995 | 1,512 ha | +10.3% |
| 1996 | 1,268 ha | -16.1% |
| 1997 | 1,310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1998 | 1,365 ha | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 1,382 ha | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 1,351 ha | -2.2% |
| 2001 | 1,432 ha | +6.0% |
| 2002 | 1,447 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1,454 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 1,570 ha | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 1,510 ha | -3.8% |
| 2006 | 1,437 ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 1,449 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 1,704 ha | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 1,683 ha | -1.2% |
| 2010 | 1,682 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,841 ha | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 1,692 ha | -8.1% |
| 2013 | 1,699 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,908 ha | +12.3% |
| 2015 | 1,961 ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 1,982 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 2,111 ha | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 2,109 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,189 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 2,203 ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 2,137 ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 2,314 ha | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 2,223 ha | -3.9% |
| 2024 | 2,258 ha | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 641.33 ha | 419 ha | 1,080 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 917 ha | 600 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,239 ha | 1,033 ha | 1,374 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,355 ha | 1,268 ha | 1,512 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,504 ha | 1,351 ha | 1,704 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,917 ha | 1,682 ha | 2,189 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,227 ha | 2,137 ha | 2,314 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 59 Belgium-Luxembourg 2,655 ha compare
- 60 Portugal 2,370 ha compare
- 61 Republic of Korea 2,313 ha compare
- 63 Denmark 2,240 ha compare
- 64 Niger 2,187 ha compare
- 65 Turkmenistan 2,168 ha compare
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)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carrots and turnips — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Switzerland was 2,258 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,314 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 419 ha in 1965.
- How does Switzerland rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 62nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.3%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Area harvested. 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.