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 62nd of 84 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.
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
- 59 Kenya 3,647 ha compare
- 60 Belgium 3,210 ha compare
- 61 North Macedonia 2,587 ha compare
- 63 Tajikistan 1,959 ha compare
- 64 Republic of Moldova 1,621 ha compare
- 65 Georgia 1,400 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 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 62nd out of 84 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.