Cereals, primary — Production in Switzerland
Switzerland: Cereals, primary — Production was 628,070 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 628,070 t for cereals, primary — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.4% on the previous year and down 36.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Switzerland peaked at 1.41 million t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 514,700 t, in 1963.
That places Switzerland 114th out of 178 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.
Cereals, primary — Production in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 517,800 t | — |
| 1962 | 697,400 t | +34.7% |
| 1963 | 514,700 t | -26.2% |
| 1964 | 632,200 t | +22.8% |
| 1965 | 557,900 t | -11.8% |
| 1966 | 566,600 t | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 672,800 t | +18.7% |
| 1968 | 652,600 t | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 640,400 t | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 633,700 t | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 743,000 t | +17.2% |
| 1972 | 738,400 t | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 749,600 t | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 856,800 t | +14.3% |
| 1975 | 756,900 t | -11.7% |
| 1976 | 795,500 t | +5.1% |
| 1977 | 690,000 t | -13.3% |
| 1978 | 835,100 t | +21.0% |
| 1979 | 875,000 t | +4.8% |
| 1980 | 789,100 t | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 863,500 t | +9.4% |
| 1982 | 928,900 t | +7.6% |
| 1983 | 899,600 t | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 1.12 million t | +24.3% |
| 1985 | 1.05 million t | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 959,900 t | -9.0% |
| 1987 | 939,000 t | -2.2% |
| 1988 | 1.24 million t | +32.4% |
| 1989 | 1.41 million t | +13.4% |
| 1990 | 1.27 million t | -10.1% |
| 1991 | 1.27 million t | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 1.18 million t | -7.1% |
| 1993 | 1.25 million t | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 1.21 million t | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 1.25 million t | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 1.32 million t | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 1.19 million t | -9.4% |
| 1998 | 1.24 million t | +3.9% |
| 1999 | 1.03 million t | -17.1% |
| 2000 | 1.17 million t | +13.7% |
| 2001 | 1.08 million t | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 1.09 million t | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 847,200 t | -22.1% |
| 2004 | 1.09 million t | +28.5% |
| 2005 | 1.06 million t | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 1.01 million t | -4.1% |
| 2007 | 1.01 million t | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.00 million t | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 1.01 million t | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 924,003 t | -8.2% |
| 2011 | 999,473 t | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 950,518 t | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 867,294 t | -8.8% |
| 2014 | 994,311 t | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 909,943 t | -8.5% |
| 2016 | 743,880 t | -18.2% |
| 2017 | 976,614 t | +31.3% |
| 2018 | 895,098 t | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 932,966 t | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 1.01 million t | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 783,794 t | -22.5% |
| 2022 | 865,060 t | +10.4% |
| 2023 | 809,466 t | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 628,070 t | -22.4% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 628,070 t is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.60 million t, 39% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 628,070 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3.28 million t, 19% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 605,822 t | 514,700 t | 697,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 767,400 t | 633,700 t | 875,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.02 million t | 789,100 t | 1.41 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.22 million t | 1.03 million t | 1.32 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.04 million t | 847,200 t | 1.17 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 919,410 t | 743,880 t | 999,473 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 819,478 t | 628,070 t | 1.01 million t | 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, primary — production in Switzerland?
- Cereals, primary — production in Switzerland was 628,070 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1.41 million t in 1989.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 514,700 t in 1963.
- How does Switzerland rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Switzerland ranks 114th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.8%. 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 Cereals, primary — Production. 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.