Oats — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Oats — Yield was 3,545 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — yield in Switzerland is 3,545 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 21.1% on the previous year and down 37.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Switzerland peaked at 5,652 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 2,873 kg/ha, in 1963.
Switzerland ranks 17th of 78 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,129 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,420 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1963 | 2,873 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1964 | 3,349 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1965 | 2,917 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1966 | 3,272 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1967 | 3,535 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 3,571 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 3,596 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 3,588 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 4,146 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1972 | 4,037 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 4,040 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 4,764 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1975 | 4,129 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1976 | 3,867 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1977 | 3,733 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1978 | 4,791 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 1979 | 4,588 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1980 | 4,776 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 4,796 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 4,457 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1983 | 4,677 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1984 | 5,086 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1985 | 5,229 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 4,234 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1987 | 4,710 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1988 | 5,374 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1989 | 5,590 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1990 | 5,244 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1991 | 5,180 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 4,918 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 5,160 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1994 | 4,846 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 5,131 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1996 | 5,597 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 5,558 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 5,537 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 4,724 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 5,190 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2001 | 5,047 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2002 | 5,328 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 4,869 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2004 | 5,185 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2005 | 5,186 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,955 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 4,537 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 5,089 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2009 | 5,503 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 4,993 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 5,182 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 5,338 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2013 | 4,737 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2014 | 5,652 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 2015 | 4,897 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 2016 | 4,220 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2017 | 5,376 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2018 | 5,071 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2019 | 5,631 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2020 | 4,966 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2021 | 3,837 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2022 | 4,476 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 4,493 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,545 kg/ha | -21.1% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 3,545 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,136 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 3,545 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,660 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,296 kg/ha | 2,873 kg/ha | 3,596 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,168 kg/ha | 3,588 kg/ha | 4,791 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,893 kg/ha | 4,234 kg/ha | 5,590 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,190 kg/ha | 4,724 kg/ha | 5,597 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,089 kg/ha | 4,537 kg/ha | 5,503 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,110 kg/ha | 4,220 kg/ha | 5,652 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,263 kg/ha | 3,545 kg/ha | 4,966 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Switzerland?
- Oats — yield in Switzerland was 3,545 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 5,652 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,873 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Switzerland rank for oats — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 17th out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.3%. 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 Oats — 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.