Other beans, green — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Other beans, green — Area harvested was 1,086 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Other beans, green — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 1,086 ha for other beans, green — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 14.2% on the previous year and down 21.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, other beans, green — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 1,700 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 338 ha, in 1965.
That places Switzerland 55th out of 112 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.
Other beans, green — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 700 ha | -58.8% |
| 1963 | 470 ha | -32.9% |
| 1964 | 450 ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 338 ha | -24.9% |
| 1966 | 340 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 370 ha | +8.8% |
| 1968 | 370 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 1970 | 500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,270 ha | +154.0% |
| 1975 | 1,350 ha | +6.3% |
| 1976 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,300 ha | -3.7% |
| 1980 | 929 ha | -28.5% |
| 1981 | 1,685 ha | +81.4% |
| 1982 | 1,564 ha | -7.2% |
| 1983 | 1,159 ha | -25.9% |
| 1984 | 1,119 ha | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 1,432 ha | +28.0% |
| 1986 | 1,505 ha | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 1,597 ha | +6.1% |
| 1988 | 1,602 ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 1,138 ha | -29.0% |
| 1990 | 1,065 ha | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 1,403 ha | +31.7% |
| 1992 | 1,468 ha | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 1,349 ha | -8.1% |
| 1994 | 1,241 ha | -8.0% |
| 1995 | 1,241 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,251 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 1,174 ha | -6.2% |
| 1998 | 957 ha | -18.5% |
| 1999 | 1,115 ha | +16.5% |
| 2000 | 1,087 ha | -2.5% |
| 2001 | 1,116 ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 994 ha | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 932 ha | -6.2% |
| 2004 | 1,030 ha | +10.5% |
| 2005 | 1,087 ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 1,061 ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 1,308 ha | +23.3% |
| 2008 | 1,117 ha | -14.6% |
| 2009 | 921 ha | -17.5% |
| 2010 | 1,104 ha | +19.9% |
| 2011 | 1,281 ha | +16.0% |
| 2012 | 990 ha | -22.7% |
| 2013 | 1,027 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 1,389 ha | +35.2% |
| 2015 | 1,420 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 1,319 ha | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 1,216 ha | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 1,218 ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,132 ha | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 1,349 ha | +19.2% |
| 2021 | 1,008 ha | -25.3% |
| 2022 | 1,191 ha | +18.2% |
| 2023 | 1,266 ha | +6.3% |
| 2024 | 1,086 ha | -14.2% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 1,086 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 339 ha, 3.2× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 1,086 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,036 ha, 1.0× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Other beans, green — Area harvested in Switzerland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +154.0% | 500 ha | 1,270 ha |
| 1981 | +81.4% | 929 ha | 1,685 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 570.89 ha | 338 ha | 1,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 997 ha | 500 ha | 1,350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,373 ha | 929 ha | 1,685 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,226 ha | 957 ha | 1,468 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,065 ha | 921 ha | 1,308 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,210 ha | 990 ha | 1,420 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,180 ha | 1,008 ha | 1,349 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 other beans, green — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Other beans, green — area harvested in Switzerland was 1,086 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest other beans, green — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,700 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest other beans, green — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 338 ha in 1965.
- How does Switzerland rank for other beans, green — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 55th out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is other beans, green — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.8%. 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 Other beans, green — Area harvested. 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.