Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 1,025 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Switzerland stood at 1,025 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 10.2% on the previous year and down 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Switzerland peaked at 1,406 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 609.9 kg/ha, in 1961.
Switzerland ranks 42nd of 186 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 609.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 818 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1963 | 694.4 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1964 | 768.3 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1965 | 779.8 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 625.5 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1967 | 921.3 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 1968 | 931.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 697.1 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1970 | 819.8 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1971 | 925.1 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1972 | 925.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 830.1 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1974 | 1,101 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1975 | 726.6 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 1976 | 823.8 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 713.6 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1978 | 903.2 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1979 | 989 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 1,003 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 1,009 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 1,076 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 878 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1984 | 1,188 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1985 | 1,022 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1986 | 965.6 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 1,116 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 1,094 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 1,186 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 944.4 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1991 | 1,081 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1992 | 969.7 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1993 | 1,067 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 866.2 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1995 | 1,108 kg/ha | +27.9% |
| 1996 | 1,121 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 1,187 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 1,086 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 950.6 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 1,150 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2001 | 1,112 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 1,184 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 1,059 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 1,204 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 2005 | 1,203 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,109 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 1,109 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,115 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,175 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2010 | 1,158 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2011 | 1,226 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 1,140 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2013 | 1,145 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 1,406 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2015 | 1,269 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 1,206 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,355 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 1,223 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2019 | 1,116 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2020 | 1,265 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2021 | 1,082 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2022 | 1,254 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2023 | 1,142 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2024 | 1,025 kg/ha | -10.2% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 1,025 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 871.3 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 1,025 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 720.45 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 760.67 kg/ha | 609.9 kg/ha | 931.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 875.75 kg/ha | 713.6 kg/ha | 1,101 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,054 kg/ha | 878 kg/ha | 1,188 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,038 kg/ha | 866.2 kg/ha | 1,187 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,142 kg/ha | 1,059 kg/ha | 1,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,224 kg/ha | 1,116 kg/ha | 1,406 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,154 kg/ha | 1,025 kg/ha | 1,265 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
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 oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Switzerland?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Switzerland was 1,025 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,406 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 609.9 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 42nd out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. 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 — 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.