Fruit Primary — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Fruit Primary — Yield was 18,392 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fruit Primary — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 18,392 kg/ha for fruit primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 12.9% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Switzerland peaked at 46,605 kg/ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 13,856 kg/ha, in 2017.
Switzerland ranks 27th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,545 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 44,850 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1963 | 38,075 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1964 | 41,993 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1965 | 32,946 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1966 | 29,586 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1967 | 43,228 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1968 | 31,273 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1969 | 39,158 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 1970 | 32,793 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1971 | 31,240 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1972 | 25,121 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1973 | 35,025 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 1974 | 22,733 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1975 | 33,525 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 1976 | 26,406 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1977 | 25,860 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 27,178 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1979 | 36,314 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1980 | 28,670 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 1981 | 25,387 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1982 | 46,605 kg/ha | +83.6% |
| 1983 | 32,618 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1984 | 35,480 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1985 | 20,303 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 1986 | 25,329 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 1987 | 16,944 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 1988 | 27,910 kg/ha | +64.7% |
| 1989 | 21,466 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1990 | 22,076 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 20,814 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1992 | 36,040 kg/ha | +73.2% |
| 1993 | 25,890 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 1994 | 24,862 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 23,222 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 29,145 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1997 | 20,458 kg/ha | -29.8% |
| 1998 | 34,726 kg/ha | +69.7% |
| 1999 | 22,576 kg/ha | -35.0% |
| 2000 | 30,817 kg/ha | +36.5% |
| 2001 | 19,997 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 2002 | 22,495 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2003 | 20,786 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2004 | 24,539 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2005 | 19,596 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2006 | 21,695 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2007 | 23,964 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2008 | 20,452 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2009 | 22,745 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2010 | 18,181 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2011 | 26,075 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 2012 | 19,816 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2013 | 17,853 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2014 | 20,407 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2015 | 18,360 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2016 | 19,762 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2017 | 13,856 kg/ha | -29.9% |
| 2018 | 24,940 kg/ha | +80.0% |
| 2019 | 18,334 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 2020 | 19,870 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 14,472 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 2022 | 18,120 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2023 | 16,284 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2024 | 18,392 kg/ha | +12.9% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 18,392 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,164 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 18,392 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 8,675 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 37,628 kg/ha | 29,586 kg/ha | 44,850 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,619 kg/ha | 22,733 kg/ha | 36,314 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,071 kg/ha | 16,944 kg/ha | 46,605 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,981 kg/ha | 20,458 kg/ha | 36,040 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,709 kg/ha | 19,596 kg/ha | 30,817 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,758 kg/ha | 13,856 kg/ha | 26,075 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,428 kg/ha | 14,472 kg/ha | 19,870 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 24 Greece 19,213 kg/ha compare
- 25 Turkmenistan 19,124 kg/ha compare
- 26 Kazakhstan 18,987 kg/ha compare
- 28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 18,324 kg/ha compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 3,168 kg/ha compare
- 29 Ethiopia PDR 18,209 kg/ha compare
- 30 China, Taiwan Province of 17,741 kg/ha compare
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 fruit primary — yield in Switzerland?
- Fruit primary — yield in Switzerland was 18,392 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 46,605 kg/ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,856 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Switzerland rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 27th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. 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 Fruit Primary — 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.