Plums and sloes — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Plums and sloes — Yield was 32,447 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Plums and sloes — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 32,447 kg/ha for plums and sloes — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 51.0% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Switzerland peaked at 113,326 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 12,149 kg/ha, in 2017.
Switzerland ranks 2nd of 88 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 23,636 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 24,088 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 23,810 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1964 | 26,087 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1965 | 27,027 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1966 | 23,889 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1967 | 22,857 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 26,316 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1969 | 24,444 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1970 | 24,324 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1971 | 24,444 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 23,810 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1973 | 27,059 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1974 | 24,242 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1975 | 25,143 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 26,190 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 23,902 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1978 | 24,091 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 24,839 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 27,027 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1981 | 30,208 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1982 | 26,500 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1983 | 30,108 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1984 | 28,205 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1985 | 29,921 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1986 | 30,952 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 34,615 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1988 | 30,260 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1989 | 30,947 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1990 | 30,200 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 51,309 kg/ha | +69.9% |
| 1992 | 113,326 kg/ha | +120.9% |
| 1993 | 57,770 kg/ha | -49.0% |
| 1994 | 44,475 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1995 | 58,314 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1996 | 56,678 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 60,894 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 70,614 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1999 | 42,873 kg/ha | -39.3% |
| 2000 | 36,741 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2001 | 34,910 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 26,962 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 2003 | 37,975 kg/ha | +40.8% |
| 2004 | 34,257 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 2005 | 18,807 kg/ha | -45.1% |
| 2006 | 26,538 kg/ha | +41.1% |
| 2007 | 30,620 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 15,631 kg/ha | -49.0% |
| 2009 | 30,024 kg/ha | +92.1% |
| 2010 | 16,558 kg/ha | -44.8% |
| 2011 | 37,755 kg/ha | +128.0% |
| 2012 | 15,675 kg/ha | -58.5% |
| 2013 | 19,653 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2014 | 30,736 kg/ha | +56.4% |
| 2015 | 17,594 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 2016 | 17,687 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 12,149 kg/ha | -31.3% |
| 2018 | 44,158 kg/ha | +263.5% |
| 2019 | 22,707 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 2020 | 30,970 kg/ha | +36.4% |
| 2021 | 12,357 kg/ha | -60.1% |
| 2022 | 25,892 kg/ha | +109.5% |
| 2023 | 21,492 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2024 | 32,447 kg/ha | +51.0% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 32,447 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,566 kg/ha, 4.9× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 32,447 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,048 kg/ha, 5.4× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | +263.5% | 12,149 kg/ha | 44,158 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +128.0% | 16,558 kg/ha | 37,755 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +120.9% | 51,309 kg/ha | 113,326 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24,684 kg/ha | 22,857 kg/ha | 27,027 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,804 kg/ha | 23,810 kg/ha | 27,059 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,874 kg/ha | 26,500 kg/ha | 34,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 58,645 kg/ha | 30,200 kg/ha | 113,326 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,247 kg/ha | 15,631 kg/ha | 37,975 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,467 kg/ha | 12,149 kg/ha | 44,158 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,632 kg/ha | 12,357 kg/ha | 32,447 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 1 Austria 71,000 kg/ha compare
- 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,135 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 17,419 kg/ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,985 kg/ha compare
- 3 Chile 29,028 kg/ha compare
- 4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 25,440 kg/ha compare
- 5 Israel 24,737 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 6,639 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 plums and sloes — yield in Switzerland?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Switzerland was 32,447 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 113,326 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,149 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Switzerland rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 2nd out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plums and sloes — 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.