Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Green corn (maize) — Area harvested was 386 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Switzerland, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 386 ha for green corn (maize) — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.0% on the previous year and up 119.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, green corn (maize) — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 386 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 105 ha, in 2003.
Switzerland ranks 37th of 53 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Green corn (maize) — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 105 ha | — |
| 2004 | 112 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 116 ha | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 122 ha | +5.2% |
| 2007 | 139 ha | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 157 ha | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 159 ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 154 ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 164 ha | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 163 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 160 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 176 ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 200 ha | +13.6% |
| 2016 | 181 ha | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 192 ha | +6.1% |
| 2018 | 203 ha | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 210 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 241 ha | +14.8% |
| 2021 | 235 ha | -2.5% |
| 2022 | 272 ha | +15.7% |
| 2023 | 351 ha | +29.0% |
| 2024 | 386 ha | +10.0% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 386 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 970 ha, 40% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 386 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,800 ha, 21% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 130 ha | 105 ha | 159 ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 180.3 ha | 154 ha | 210 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 297 ha | 235 ha | 386 ha | 5 |
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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 green corn (maize) — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Green corn (maize) — area harvested in Switzerland was 386 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 386 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest green corn (maize) — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 105 ha in 2003.
- How does Switzerland rank for green corn (maize) — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 37th out of 53 countries with data for 2024.
- Is green corn (maize) — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 119.3%. 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 Green corn (maize) — Area harvested. 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.