Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Lettuce and chicory — Yield was 18,126 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 18,126 kg/ha for lettuce and chicory — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.9% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lettuce and chicory — yield in Switzerland peaked at 34,666 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 15,982 kg/ha, in 2006.
Switzerland ranks 49th of 107 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Lettuce and chicory — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,500 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 21,000 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1963 | 22,250 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 23,300 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 22,000 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 23,250 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 23,375 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 23,462 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 23,500 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 23,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 23,294 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 23,500 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 22,759 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 18,400 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1975 | 18,921 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 18,988 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 18,773 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1978 | 18,982 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 20,000 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1980 | 19,017 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 34,666 kg/ha | +82.3% |
| 1982 | 30,628 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1983 | 30,521 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 28,842 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1985 | 27,739 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 27,317 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1987 | 23,393 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1988 | 25,223 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1989 | 25,172 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 25,939 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 22,856 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1992 | 22,775 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 16,959 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1994 | 20,734 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1995 | 21,544 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1996 | 25,434 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1997 | 23,957 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 23,888 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 18,386 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2000 | 20,044 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2001 | 18,009 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2002 | 19,113 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 17,922 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 18,872 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 17,856 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2006 | 15,982 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 17,772 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 16,346 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 19,907 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2010 | 19,892 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 21,504 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2012 | 19,479 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2013 | 19,855 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2014 | 20,561 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 20,600 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 20,050 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2017 | 20,367 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 19,073 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 18,248 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 19,400 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 16,460 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2022 | 18,456 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 17,279 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2024 | 18,126 kg/ha | +4.9% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 18,126 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,316 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 18,126 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 18,156 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lettuce and chicory — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | +82.3% | 19,017 kg/ha | 34,666 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,626 kg/ha | 21,000 kg/ha | 23,500 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,712 kg/ha | 18,400 kg/ha | 23,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 27,252 kg/ha | 19,017 kg/ha | 34,666 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,247 kg/ha | 16,959 kg/ha | 25,939 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,182 kg/ha | 15,982 kg/ha | 20,044 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,963 kg/ha | 18,248 kg/ha | 21,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,944 kg/ha | 16,460 kg/ha | 19,400 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 46 Panama 19,188 kg/ha compare
- 47 Australia and New Zealand 18,750 kg/ha compare
- 48 North Macedonia 18,187 kg/ha compare
- 50 China, Hong Kong SAR 17,810 kg/ha compare
- 51 Australia 17,627 kg/ha compare
- 52 Croatia 17,600 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 lettuce and chicory — yield in Switzerland?
- Lettuce and chicory — yield in Switzerland was 18,126 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 34,666 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest lettuce and chicory — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,982 kg/ha in 2006.
- How does Switzerland rank for lettuce and chicory — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 49th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lettuce and chicory — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. 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 Lettuce and chicory — Yield. 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.