Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 1,501 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 1,501 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 1,501 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 343 ha, in 1987.
That places Switzerland 39th out of 97 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.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,500 ha | — |
| 1962 | 847 ha | -43.5% |
| 1963 | 370 ha | -56.3% |
| 1964 | 365 ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 369 ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 360 ha | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 350 ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 420 ha | +5.0% |
| 1976 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 393 ha | -6.4% |
| 1981 | 406 ha | +3.3% |
| 1982 | 421 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 422 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 418 ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 429 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 423 ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 343 ha | -18.9% |
| 1988 | 422 ha | +23.0% |
| 1989 | 486 ha | +15.2% |
| 1990 | 488 ha | +0.4% |
| 1991 | 482 ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 451 ha | -6.4% |
| 1993 | 418 ha | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 475 ha | +13.6% |
| 1995 | 475 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 463 ha | -2.5% |
| 1997 | 455 ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 451 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 472 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 438 ha | -7.2% |
| 2001 | 446 ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 457 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 750 ha | +64.1% |
| 2004 | 762 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 773 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 804 ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 790 ha | -1.7% |
| 2008 | 907 ha | +14.8% |
| 2009 | 838 ha | -7.6% |
| 2010 | 946 ha | +12.9% |
| 2011 | 1,009 ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 1,033 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 1,028 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 1,063 ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 1,164 ha | +9.5% |
| 2016 | 1,247 ha | +7.1% |
| 2017 | 1,359 ha | +9.0% |
| 2018 | 1,482 ha | +9.1% |
| 2019 | 1,375 ha | -7.2% |
| 2020 | 1,469 ha | +6.8% |
| 2021 | 1,434 ha | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 1,400 ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 1,469 ha | +4.9% |
| 2024 | 1,501 ha | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 540.11 ha | 350 ha | 1,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 390 ha | 350 ha | 420 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 416.3 ha | 343 ha | 486 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 463 ha | 418 ha | 488 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 696.5 ha | 438 ha | 907 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,171 ha | 946 ha | 1,482 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,455 ha | 1,400 ha | 1,501 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Switzerland was 1,501 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,501 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 343 ha in 1987.
- How does Switzerland rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 39th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 41.2%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.