Pears — Production in Switzerland
Switzerland: Pears — Production was 42,865 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pears — Production in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — production in Switzerland is 42,865 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 55.3% on the previous year and down 11.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — production in Switzerland peaked at 236,000 t in 1967 and was at its lowest, 27,596 t, in 2023.
Switzerland ranks 32nd of 88 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pears — Production in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 220,000 t | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 136,000 t | -38.2% |
| 1964 | 180,000 t | +32.4% |
| 1965 | 100,000 t | -44.4% |
| 1966 | 150,000 t | +50.0% |
| 1967 | 236,000 t | +57.3% |
| 1968 | 191,000 t | -19.1% |
| 1969 | 180,000 t | -5.8% |
| 1970 | 170,000 t | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 115,000 t | -32.4% |
| 1972 | 95,000 t | -17.4% |
| 1973 | 167,000 t | +75.8% |
| 1974 | 97,000 t | -41.9% |
| 1975 | 192,000 t | +97.9% |
| 1976 | 120,000 t | -37.5% |
| 1977 | 90,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1978 | 87,000 t | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 169,000 t | +94.3% |
| 1980 | 121,000 t | -28.4% |
| 1981 | 135,000 t | +11.6% |
| 1982 | 179,000 t | +32.6% |
| 1983 | 175,000 t | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 140,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1985 | 127,000 t | -9.3% |
| 1986 | 172,000 t | +35.4% |
| 1987 | 65,800 t | -61.7% |
| 1988 | 197,700 t | +200.5% |
| 1989 | 98,000 t | -50.4% |
| 1990 | 88,324 t | -9.9% |
| 1991 | 79,200 t | -10.3% |
| 1992 | 164,509 t | +107.7% |
| 1993 | 133,494 t | -18.9% |
| 1994 | 89,001 t | -33.3% |
| 1995 | 123,663 t | +38.9% |
| 1996 | 90,381 t | -26.9% |
| 1997 | 65,914 t | -27.1% |
| 1998 | 161,797 t | +145.5% |
| 1999 | 77,894 t | -51.9% |
| 2000 | 116,745 t | +49.9% |
| 2001 | 70,656 t | -39.5% |
| 2002 | 52,166 t | -26.2% |
| 2003 | 91,042 t | +74.5% |
| 2004 | 71,980 t | -20.9% |
| 2005 | 64,290 t | -10.7% |
| 2006 | 60,546 t | -5.8% |
| 2007 | 83,879 t | +38.5% |
| 2008 | 32,598 t | -61.1% |
| 2009 | 67,788 t | +108.0% |
| 2010 | 40,062 t | -40.9% |
| 2011 | 59,937 t | +49.6% |
| 2012 | 48,229 t | -19.5% |
| 2013 | 44,152 t | -8.5% |
| 2014 | 48,570 t | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 43,798 t | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 34,699 t | -20.8% |
| 2017 | 31,054 t | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 58,131 t | +87.2% |
| 2019 | 37,981 t | -34.7% |
| 2020 | 44,067 t | +16.0% |
| 2021 | 31,592 t | -28.3% |
| 2022 | 31,651 t | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 27,596 t | -12.8% |
| 2024 | 42,865 t | +55.3% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 42,865 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 13,960 t, 3.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 42,865 t is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12,428 t, 3.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +200.5% | 65,800 t | 197,700 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 177,000 t | 100,000 t | 236,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 130,200 t | 87,000 t | 192,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 141,050 t | 65,800 t | 197,700 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 107,418 t | 65,914 t | 164,509 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 71,169 t | 32,598 t | 116,745 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,661 t | 31,054 t | 59,937 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,554 t | 27,596 t | 44,067 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 29 Azerbaijan 60,492 t compare
- 30 Austria 54,440 t compare
- 31 Serbia and Montenegro 48,817 t compare
- 33 Czechoslovakia 41,006 t compare
- 34 Serbia 40,419 t compare
- 35 Romania 39,280 t compare
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 — production in Switzerland?
- Pears — production in Switzerland was 42,865 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — production recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 236,000 t in 1967.
- What is the lowest pears — production recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,596 t in 2023.
- How does Switzerland rank for pears — production?
- Switzerland ranks 32nd out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — production rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pears — Production. 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.