Cheese from skimmed cow milk — Production in Switzerland

Switzerland: Cheese from skimmed cow milk — Production was 19,156 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2023)
19,156 t
Change on year
up 7.3%
World rank
20th
of 47 countries
All-time high
23,021 t
in 2014
All-time low
800 t
in 1963
Years of data
63
1961–2023

Cheese from skimmed cow milk — Production in Switzerland, 1961–2023

05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k196119922023

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Switzerland recorded 19,156 t for cheese from skimmed cow milk — production in 2023.

The figure is up 7.3% on the previous year and down 8.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cheese from skimmed cow milk — production in Switzerland peaked at 23,021 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 800 t, in 1963.

Switzerland ranks 20th of 47 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Cheese from skimmed cow milk — Production in Switzerland, year by year

Annual values for Cheese from skimmed cow milk — Production in Switzerland, 1961 to 2023.
Year t Change
1961 1,300 t
1962 1,000 t -23.1%
1963 800 t -20.0%
1964 800 t +0.0%
1965 900 t +12.5%
1966 1,100 t +22.2%
1967 1,000 t -9.1%
1968 1,000 t +0.0%
1969 1,100 t +10.0%
1970 1,200 t +9.1%
1971 1,300 t +8.3%
1972 1,500 t +15.4%
1973 1,300 t -13.3%
1974 1,300 t +0.0%
1975 1,500 t +15.4%
1976 1,500 t +0.0%
1977 1,500 t +0.0%
1978 1,500 t +0.0%
1979 1,400 t -6.7%
1980 1,300 t -7.1%
1981 1,400 t +7.7%
1982 1,400 t +0.0%
1983 1,400 t +0.0%
1984 1,300 t -7.1%
1985 1,400 t +7.7%
1986 1,440 t +2.9%
1987 1,490 t +3.5%
1988 1,530 t +2.7%
1989 1,710 t +11.8%
1990 1,640 t -4.1%
1991 1,590 t -3.0%
1992 1,590 t +0.0%
1993 1,450 t -8.8%
1994 1,350 t -6.9%
1995 1,320 t -2.2%
1996 1,290 t -2.3%
1997 1,400 t +8.5%
1998 3,756 t +168.3%
1999 3,620 t -3.6%
2000 5,501 t +52.0%
2001 5,800 t +5.4%
2002 17,440 t +200.7%
2003 19,983 t +14.6%
2004 16,816 t -15.8%
2005 18,087 t +7.6%
2006 22,609 t +25.0%
2007 19,888 t -12.0%
2008 20,664 t +3.9%
2009 22,412 t +8.5%
2010 19,000 t -15.2%
2011 20,000 t +5.3%
2012 21,000 t +5.0%
2013 21,000 t +0.0%
2014 23,021 t +9.6%
2015 20,447 t -11.2%
2016 20,740 t +1.4%
2017 19,020 t -8.3%
2018 19,709 t +3.6%
2019 19,287 t -2.1%
2020 19,841 t +2.9%
2021 18,678 t -5.9%
2022 17,855 t -4.4%
2023 19,156 t +7.3%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1,000 t 800 t 1,300 t 9
1970s 1,400 t 1,200 t 1,500 t 10
1980s 1,437 t 1,300 t 1,710 t 10
1990s 1,901 t 1,290 t 3,756 t 10
2000s 16,920 t 5,501 t 22,609 t 10
2010s 20,323 t 19,000 t 23,021 t 10
2020s 18,882 t 17,855 t 19,841 t 4

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 17 Belgium 27,623 t compare
  2. 18 Lithuania 23,918 t compare
  3. 19 Costa Rica 23,640 t compare
  4. 21 Belgium-Luxembourg 18,400 t compare
  5. 22 Brazil 16,286 t compare
  6. 23 Morocco 16,069 t compare

See the full ranking of 75 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland

All data for Switzerland →

Frequently asked questions

What is cheese from skimmed cow milk — production in Switzerland?
Cheese from skimmed cow milk — production in Switzerland was 19,156 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cheese from skimmed cow milk — production recorded in Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 23,021 t in 2014.
What is the lowest cheese from skimmed cow milk — production recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 800 t in 1963.
How does Switzerland rank for cheese from skimmed cow milk — production?
Switzerland ranks 20th out of 47 countries with data for 2023.
Is cheese from skimmed cow milk — production rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is down 8.8%. 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 Cheese from skimmed cow milk — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 63 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cheese from skimmed cow milk — Production in Switzerland. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 30 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/cheese-from-skimmed-cow-milk-production/switzerland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/cheese-from-skimmed-cow-milk-production/switzerland/">Cheese from skimmed cow milk — Production in Switzerland</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cheese from skimmed cow milk — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
75 places, 4,116 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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.