Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Maize (corn) — Area harvested was 15,708 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, maize (corn) — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 15,708 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 28,510 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1,776 ha, in 1961.
Switzerland ranks 125th of 182 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,833 ha | 1,776 ha | 6,916 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,502 ha | 9,290 ha | 22,060 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,788 ha | 14,108 ha | 28,460 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,866 ha | 20,244 ha | 28,510 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,718 ha | 16,713 ha | 24,329 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,123 ha | 12,564 ha | 16,898 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,304 ha | 12,500 ha | 19,972 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 122 Tajikistan 21,465 ha compare
- 123 Eritrea 20,000 ha compare
- 124 Sierra Leone 16,108 ha compare
- 126 Republic of Korea 15,578 ha compare
- 127 Guinea-Bissau 15,000 ha compare
- 128 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 14,520 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6446 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6446 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 14.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 1.30 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.73 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 756.04 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize (corn) — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Maize (corn) — area harvested in Switzerland was 15,708 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 28,510 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,776 ha in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for maize (corn) — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 125th out of 182 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. 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 Maize (corn) — 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.