Carrots and turnips — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Carrots and turnips — Yield was 30,754 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 30,754 kg/ha for carrots and turnips — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 23.0% on the previous year and down 10.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — yield in Switzerland peaked at 54,889 kg/ha in 1980 and was at its lowest, 22,233 kg/ha, in 2021.
That places Switzerland 52nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,963 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,018 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 38,095 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 38,095 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 38,186 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 38,462 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 38,298 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1968 | 38,000 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 36,364 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 35,484 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1971 | 36,923 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 31,667 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1973 | 38,333 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1974 | 34,762 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1975 | 38,182 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 32,727 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1977 | 36,154 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1978 | 35,652 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 36,000 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 54,889 kg/ha | +52.5% |
| 1981 | 40,759 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1982 | 34,675 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1983 | 43,691 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1984 | 46,590 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1985 | 44,178 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1986 | 47,223 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1987 | 34,846 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1988 | 51,115 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1989 | 47,048 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 44,256 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 36,897 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1992 | 41,784 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1993 | 39,125 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1994 | 38,398 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 32,482 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1996 | 41,370 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1997 | 39,332 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 38,826 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 40,223 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 36,291 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2001 | 35,788 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 41,378 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2003 | 31,070 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2004 | 36,706 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2005 | 39,079 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 36,950 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 42,934 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2008 | 42,834 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 41,318 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2010 | 36,373 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 41,104 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2012 | 40,067 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 36,557 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 34,248 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 36,692 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 34,527 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2017 | 36,468 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 33,173 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2019 | 31,951 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2020 | 31,098 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 22,233 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 2022 | 30,318 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 2023 | 25,003 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2024 | 30,754 kg/ha | +23.0% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 30,754 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 35,062 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 30,754 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 34,835 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,942 kg/ha | 36,364 kg/ha | 38,462 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 35,588 kg/ha | 31,667 kg/ha | 38,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 44,501 kg/ha | 34,675 kg/ha | 54,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,269 kg/ha | 32,482 kg/ha | 44,256 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,435 kg/ha | 31,070 kg/ha | 42,934 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 36,116 kg/ha | 31,951 kg/ha | 41,104 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,881 kg/ha | 22,233 kg/ha | 31,098 kg/ha | 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 carrots and turnips — yield in Switzerland?
- Carrots and turnips — yield in Switzerland was 30,754 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 54,889 kg/ha in 1980.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,233 kg/ha in 2021.
- How does Switzerland rank for carrots and turnips — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 52nd out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. 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 Carrots and turnips — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.