Pears — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Pears — Yield was 58,462 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Pears — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — yield in Switzerland is 58,462 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 55.8% on the previous year and down 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — yield in Switzerland peaked at 378,205 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 37,522 kg/ha, in 2023.
That places Switzerland 3rd out of 87 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Pears — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 285,714 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 282,051 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1963 | 283,333 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 285,714 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 187,266 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1966 | 283,019 kg/ha | +51.1% |
| 1967 | 378,205 kg/ha | +33.6% |
| 1968 | 295,209 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1969 | 273,141 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1970 | 250,738 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1971 | 130,386 kg/ha | -48.0% |
| 1972 | 108,077 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1973 | 189,989 kg/ha | +75.8% |
| 1974 | 109,977 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1975 | 216,460 kg/ha | +96.8% |
| 1976 | 135,135 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 1977 | 101,466 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1978 | 98,305 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 193,143 kg/ha | +96.5% |
| 1980 | 136,878 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1981 | 155,351 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1982 | 205,984 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1983 | 201,381 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 159,272 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1985 | 141,111 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 191,111 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1987 | 73,111 kg/ha | -61.7% |
| 1988 | 219,667 kg/ha | +200.5% |
| 1989 | 108,889 kg/ha | -50.4% |
| 1990 | 98,138 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1991 | 88,196 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1992 | 178,426 kg/ha | +102.3% |
| 1993 | 140,078 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1994 | 91,565 kg/ha | -34.6% |
| 1995 | 123,911 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1996 | 89,133 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1997 | 68,948 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1998 | 169,776 kg/ha | +146.2% |
| 1999 | 80,887 kg/ha | -52.4% |
| 2000 | 122,118 kg/ha | +51.0% |
| 2001 | 75,086 kg/ha | -38.5% |
| 2002 | 55,378 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2003 | 96,137 kg/ha | +73.6% |
| 2004 | 75,293 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 2005 | 67,960 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2006 | 67,423 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2007 | 96,413 kg/ha | +43.0% |
| 2008 | 38,578 kg/ha | -60.0% |
| 2009 | 80,893 kg/ha | +109.7% |
| 2010 | 48,209 kg/ha | -40.4% |
| 2011 | 75,966 kg/ha | +57.6% |
| 2012 | 60,972 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2013 | 57,490 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 63,824 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 58,242 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2016 | 45,717 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2017 | 40,382 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2018 | 74,241 kg/ha | +83.8% |
| 2019 | 49,648 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 2020 | 59,955 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 2021 | 43,217 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 2022 | 42,314 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 37,522 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2024 | 58,462 kg/ha | +55.8% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 58,462 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,875 kg/ha, 3.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 58,462 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 12,037 kg/ha, 4.9× the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Yield 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% | 73,111 kg/ha | 219,667 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 283,739 kg/ha | 187,266 kg/ha | 378,205 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 153,368 kg/ha | 98,305 kg/ha | 250,738 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 159,276 kg/ha | 73,111 kg/ha | 219,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 112,906 kg/ha | 68,948 kg/ha | 178,426 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 77,528 kg/ha | 38,578 kg/ha | 122,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 57,469 kg/ha | 40,382 kg/ha | 75,966 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,294 kg/ha | 37,522 kg/ha | 59,955 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 1 Austria 89,246 kg/ha compare
- 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29,153 kg/ha compare
- 2 Israel 67,073 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 28,327 kg/ha compare
- 4 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10,792 kg/ha compare
- 4 New Zealand 54,320 kg/ha compare
- 5 South Africa 38,041 kg/ha compare
- 6 Chile 34,815 kg/ha compare
- 6 United Republic of Tanzania 7,505 kg/ha 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 — yield in Switzerland?
- Pears — yield in Switzerland was 58,462 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 378,205 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest pears — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 37,522 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Switzerland rank for pears — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 3rd out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.4%. 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 — 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.