Pears — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Pears — Area harvested was 733 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pears — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — area harvested in Switzerland is 733 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 1,014 ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 480 ha, in 1963.
That places Switzerland 57th out of 87 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.
Pears — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 780 ha | +11.4% |
| 1963 | 480 ha | -38.5% |
| 1964 | 630 ha | +31.2% |
| 1965 | 534 ha | -15.2% |
| 1966 | 530 ha | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 624 ha | +17.7% |
| 1968 | 647 ha | +3.7% |
| 1969 | 659 ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 678 ha | +2.9% |
| 1971 | 882 ha | +30.1% |
| 1972 | 879 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 879 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 882 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 887 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 888 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 887 ha | -0.1% |
| 1978 | 885 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 875 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 884 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 869 ha | -1.7% |
| 1982 | 869 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 869 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 879 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 900 ha | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 898 ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 922 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 953 ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 972 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 998 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 1,014 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 956 ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 953 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 963 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 956 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 941 ha | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 942 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 947 ha | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 956 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 946 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 898 ha | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 870 ha | -3.1% |
| 2008 | 845 ha | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 838 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 831 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 789 ha | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 791 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 768 ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 761 ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 752 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 759 ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 769 ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 783 ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 765 ha | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 735 ha | -3.9% |
| 2021 | 731 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 748 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 735 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 733 ha | -0.3% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 733 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 690 ha, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 733 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,000 ha, 37% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | -38.5% | 780 ha | 480 ha |
| 1964 | +31.2% | 480 ha | 630 ha |
| 1971 | +30.1% | 678 ha | 882 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 620.44 ha | 480 ha | 780 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 862.2 ha | 678 ha | 888 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 887 ha | 869 ha | 900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 952.9 ha | 898 ha | 1,014 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 913.9 ha | 838 ha | 956 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 776.8 ha | 752 ha | 831 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 736.4 ha | 731 ha | 748 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 pears — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Pears — area harvested in Switzerland was 733 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,014 ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 480 ha in 1963.
- How does Switzerland rank for pears — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 57th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.7%. 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 Pears — 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.