Maize (corn) — Production in Switzerland
Switzerland: Maize (corn) — Production was 156,750 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Maize (corn) — Production in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 156,750 t for maize (corn) — production in 2024.
The figure is up 15.8% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize (corn) — production in Switzerland peaked at 255,800 t in 1988 and was at its lowest, 8,300 t, in 1961.
Switzerland ranks 105th of 183 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 | 19,567 t | 8,300 t | 39,400 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 108,560 t | 54,500 t | 140,900 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 165,340 t | 91,300 t | 255,800 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 206,299 t | 186,710 t | 249,434 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 176,423 t | 90,700 t | 217,600 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 154,784 t | 113,000 t | 178,000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 147,058 t | 98,216 t | 219,692 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 102 Georgia 211,500 t compare
- 103 Haiti 175,000 t compare
- 104 South Sudan 157,000 t compare
- 106 North Macedonia 130,413 t compare
- 107 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 122,710 t compare
- 108 Lithuania 111,740 t 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) — production in Switzerland?
- Maize (corn) — production in Switzerland was 156,750 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize (corn) — production recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 255,800 t in 1988.
- What is the lowest maize (corn) — production recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,300 t in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for maize (corn) — production?
- Switzerland ranks 105th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is maize (corn) — production rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. 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) — Production. 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.