Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 35,446 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 35,446 ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 23.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 35,446 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,670 ha, in 1961.
That places Switzerland 120th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,670 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,800 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 6,398 ha | +10.3% |
| 1964 | 6,347 ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 6,725 ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 6,762 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 7,551 ha | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 7,684 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 7,583 ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 8,794 ha | +16.0% |
| 1971 | 9,697 ha | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 9,857 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 9,301 ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 9,667 ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 9,654 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 10,978 ha | +13.7% |
| 1977 | 11,479 ha | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 11,596 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 11,759 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 12,899 ha | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 12,880 ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 12,936 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 13,798 ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 13,738 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 14,532 ha | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 15,810 ha | +8.8% |
| 1987 | 16,710 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 17,684 ha | +5.8% |
| 1989 | 17,733 ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 17,886 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 18,355 ha | +2.6% |
| 1992 | 18,371 ha | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 18,359 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 16,361 ha | -10.9% |
| 1995 | 18,025 ha | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 17,921 ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 19,616 ha | +9.5% |
| 1998 | 20,980 ha | +7.0% |
| 1999 | 20,510 ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 18,874 ha | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 18,181 ha | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 22,067 ha | +21.4% |
| 2003 | 24,021 ha | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 24,385 ha | +1.5% |
| 2005 | 24,404 ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 25,355 ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 26,191 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 26,046 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 26,352 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 26,634 ha | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 26,844 ha | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 26,941 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 27,857 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 28,819 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 29,890 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 27,835 ha | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 27,615 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 30,303 ha | +9.7% |
| 2019 | 30,619 ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 31,315 ha | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 32,408 ha | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 33,632 ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 35,079 ha | +4.3% |
| 2024 | 35,446 ha | +1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,724 ha | 5,670 ha | 7,684 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,278 ha | 8,794 ha | 11,759 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,872 ha | 12,880 ha | 17,733 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,638 ha | 16,361 ha | 20,980 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,588 ha | 18,181 ha | 26,352 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,336 ha | 26,634 ha | 30,619 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,576 ha | 31,315 ha | 35,446 ha | 5 |
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- 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)
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- 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)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Switzerland was 35,446 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 35,446 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,670 ha in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 120th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.0%. 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 Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — 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.