Oats — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Oats — Area harvested was 2,135 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 2,135 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is down 25.6% on the previous year and up 42.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 15,086 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,494 ha, in 2014.
Switzerland ranks 60th of 79 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oats — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,086 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,387 ha | -4.6% |
| 1963 | 12,218 ha | -15.1% |
| 1964 | 11,226 ha | -8.1% |
| 1965 | 10,354 ha | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 10,087 ha | -2.6% |
| 1967 | 9,024 ha | -10.5% |
| 1968 | 8,261 ha | -8.5% |
| 1969 | 10,149 ha | +22.9% |
| 1970 | 8,110 ha | -20.1% |
| 1971 | 9,840 ha | +21.3% |
| 1972 | 9,140 ha | -7.1% |
| 1973 | 9,630 ha | +5.4% |
| 1974 | 11,440 ha | +18.8% |
| 1975 | 13,320 ha | +16.4% |
| 1976 | 12,620 ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 11,010 ha | -12.8% |
| 1978 | 11,480 ha | +4.3% |
| 1979 | 10,310 ha | -10.2% |
| 1980 | 11,117 ha | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 12,010 ha | +8.0% |
| 1982 | 13,530 ha | +12.7% |
| 1983 | 11,160 ha | -17.5% |
| 1984 | 10,420 ha | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 9,849 ha | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 7,110 ha | -27.8% |
| 1987 | 8,090 ha | +13.8% |
| 1988 | 8,970 ha | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 10,770 ha | +20.1% |
| 1990 | 10,431 ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 10,540 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 10,330 ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 10,250 ha | -0.8% |
| 1994 | 10,410 ha | +1.6% |
| 1995 | 8,342 ha | -19.9% |
| 1996 | 7,993 ha | -4.2% |
| 1997 | 8,157 ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 7,198 ha | -11.8% |
| 1999 | 5,866 ha | -18.5% |
| 2000 | 5,067 ha | -13.6% |
| 2001 | 3,923 ha | -22.6% |
| 2002 | 4,035 ha | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 4,416 ha | +9.4% |
| 2004 | 3,028 ha | -31.4% |
| 2005 | 2,950 ha | -2.6% |
| 2006 | 2,422 ha | -17.9% |
| 2007 | 2,226 ha | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 1,861 ha | -16.4% |
| 2009 | 1,917 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 1,789 ha | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 1,682 ha | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 1,642 ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 1,675 ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 1,494 ha | -10.8% |
| 2015 | 1,587 ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 1,684 ha | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 1,899 ha | +12.8% |
| 2018 | 1,628 ha | -14.3% |
| 2019 | 1,713 ha | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 1,793 ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 1,918 ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 2,816 ha | +46.8% |
| 2023 | 2,871 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 2,135 ha | -25.6% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 2,135 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 4% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 2,135 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 8% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,199 ha | 8,261 ha | 15,086 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,690 ha | 8,110 ha | 13,320 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,303 ha | 7,110 ha | 13,530 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,952 ha | 5,866 ha | 10,540 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,184 ha | 1,861 ha | 5,067 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,679 ha | 1,494 ha | 1,899 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,307 ha | 1,793 ha | 2,871 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 57 Kenya 3,647 ha compare
- 58 Belgium 3,210 ha compare
- 59 North Macedonia 2,587 ha compare
- 61 Tajikistan 1,959 ha compare
- 62 Georgia 1,400 ha compare
- 63 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,380 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 oats — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Oats — area harvested in Switzerland was 2,135 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 15,086 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,494 ha in 2014.
- How does Switzerland rank for oats — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 60th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.9%. 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 Oats — 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.