Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Cereals n.e.c. — Yield was 2,583 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Switzerland, 2006–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Switzerland stood at 2,583 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 21.2% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals n.e.c. — yield in Switzerland peaked at 4,188 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,907 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Switzerland 16th out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 19 years of available data.
Cereals n.e.c. — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3,727 kg/ha | — |
| 2007 | 3,888 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2008 | 3,938 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 3,544 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 3,603 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 3,380 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 3,230 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 2,842 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 2,594 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 2,314 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2016 | 1,907 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 2017 | 1,920 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 2,122 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 3,889 kg/ha | +83.3% |
| 2020 | 4,188 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2021 | 3,125 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 2022 | 3,216 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2023 | 3,279 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 2,583 kg/ha | -21.2% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 2,583 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,651 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 2,583 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,636 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cereals n.e.c. — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +83.3% | 2,122 kg/ha | 3,889 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3,774 kg/ha | 3,544 kg/ha | 3,938 kg/ha | 4 |
| 2010s | 2,780 kg/ha | 1,907 kg/ha | 3,889 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,278 kg/ha | 2,583 kg/ha | 4,188 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 cereals n.e.c. — yield in Switzerland?
- Cereals n.e.c. — yield in Switzerland was 2,583 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 4,188 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cereals n.e.c. — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,907 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Switzerland rank for cereals n.e.c. — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 16th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals n.e.c. — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. 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 Cereals n.e.c. — Yield. 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.