Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested was 2,936 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Switzerland is 2,936 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and down 18.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 3,836 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 800 ha, in 1965.
Switzerland ranks 30th of 108 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.
Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 800 ha | -60.0% |
| 1966 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 850 ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 800 ha | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 870 ha | +8.8% |
| 1974 | 1,125 ha | +29.3% |
| 1975 | 1,205 ha | +7.1% |
| 1976 | 1,206 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 1,076 ha | -10.8% |
| 1978 | 1,080 ha | +0.4% |
| 1979 | 1,100 ha | +1.9% |
| 1980 | 1,262 ha | +14.7% |
| 1981 | 1,151 ha | -8.8% |
| 1982 | 1,035 ha | -10.1% |
| 1983 | 1,055 ha | +1.9% |
| 1984 | 1,145 ha | +8.5% |
| 1985 | 1,147 ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 1,028 ha | -10.4% |
| 1987 | 1,055 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 1,100 ha | +4.3% |
| 1989 | 1,165 ha | +5.9% |
| 1990 | 1,104 ha | -5.2% |
| 1991 | 1,136 ha | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 1,112 ha | -2.1% |
| 1993 | 1,407 ha | +26.5% |
| 1994 | 1,138 ha | -19.1% |
| 1995 | 1,206 ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 1,204 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 1,200 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 1,154 ha | -3.8% |
| 1999 | 1,159 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 1,176 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 1,164 ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 1,253 ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 3,407 ha | +171.9% |
| 2004 | 3,474 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 3,639 ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 3,572 ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 3,547 ha | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 3,836 ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 3,509 ha | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 3,436 ha | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 3,518 ha | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 3,531 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 3,551 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 3,622 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 3,453 ha | -4.7% |
| 2016 | 3,289 ha | -4.7% |
| 2017 | 3,414 ha | +3.8% |
| 2018 | 3,305 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 3,237 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 3,316 ha | +2.4% |
| 2021 | 3,229 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 3,047 ha | -5.6% |
| 2023 | 2,994 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 2,936 ha | -1.9% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 2,936 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 10.0× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 2,936 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 500 ha, 5.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +171.9% | 1,253 ha | 3,407 ha |
| 1965 | -60.0% | 2,000 ha | 800 ha |
| 1974 | +29.3% | 870 ha | 1,125 ha |
| 1993 | +26.5% | 1,112 ha | 1,407 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,333 ha | 800 ha | 2,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,011 ha | 800 ha | 1,206 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,114 ha | 1,028 ha | 1,262 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,182 ha | 1,104 ha | 1,407 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,858 ha | 1,164 ha | 3,836 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,436 ha | 3,237 ha | 3,622 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,104 ha | 2,936 ha | 3,316 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 lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Lettuce and chicory — area harvested in Switzerland was 2,936 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 3,836 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 ha in 1965.
- How does Switzerland rank for lettuce and chicory — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 30th out of 108 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.9%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.