Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield was 8,205 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 8,205 kg/ha for cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 34.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Switzerland peaked at 31,944 kg/ha in 1966 and was at its lowest, 8,191 kg/ha, in 2023.
Switzerland ranks 85th of 97 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,008 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1963 | 30,000 kg/ha | +57.8% |
| 1964 | 30,137 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1965 | 31,165 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 31,944 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 31,686 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 31,429 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 31,729 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 31,657 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 31,629 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 28,771 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 31,629 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1974 | 26,250 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1975 | 26,190 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1976 | 23,810 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 26,190 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1978 | 26,190 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 26,190 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 25,445 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 16,995 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 1982 | 18,765 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1983 | 17,062 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1984 | 16,160 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 20,634 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1986 | 19,506 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 22,076 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1988 | 22,237 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1989 | 19,115 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1990 | 18,512 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1991 | 16,940 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1992 | 18,654 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1993 | 17,194 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1994 | 15,150 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1995 | 17,288 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1996 | 18,600 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1997 | 16,453 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1998 | 16,335 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 13,453 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2000 | 13,934 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2001 | 12,547 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2002 | 12,258 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 9,803 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 11,856 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2005 | 11,334 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2006 | 9,297 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2007 | 11,446 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2008 | 11,851 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 12,561 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2010 | 12,505 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 13,392 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 13,457 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 12,793 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2014 | 12,511 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 12,146 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 10,097 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2017 | 9,976 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2018 | 9,821 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 9,146 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 9,629 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2021 | 8,263 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2022 | 10,212 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2023 | 8,191 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 2024 | 8,205 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 8,205 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 13,150 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 8,205 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12,066 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Switzerland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +57.8% | 19,008 kg/ha | 30,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,344 kg/ha | 18,000 kg/ha | 31,944 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,851 kg/ha | 23,810 kg/ha | 31,657 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,800 kg/ha | 16,160 kg/ha | 25,445 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,858 kg/ha | 13,453 kg/ha | 18,654 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,689 kg/ha | 9,297 kg/ha | 13,934 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,584 kg/ha | 9,146 kg/ha | 13,457 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,900 kg/ha | 8,191 kg/ha | 10,212 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 cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Switzerland?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Switzerland was 8,205 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 31,944 kg/ha in 1966.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,191 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Switzerland rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 85th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 34.4%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield. 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.