Potatoes — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Potatoes — Area harvested was 10,685 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Potatoes — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 10,685 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 51,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 10,685 ha, in 2024.
That places Switzerland 98th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,926 ha | 32,528 ha | 51,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,631 ha | 24,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,253 ha | 20,000 ha | 24,664 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,496 ha | 13,740 ha | 18,796 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,681 ha | 11,058 ha | 14,153 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,063 ha | 10,874 ha | 11,341 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,761 ha | 10,685 ha | 10,956 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland
- Agriculture share gdp 0.6446 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 0.6446 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
- Rural population 14.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 1.30 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.73 billion current US$ (2025)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 756.04 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Potatoes — area harvested in Switzerland was 10,685 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 51,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest potatoes — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,685 ha in 2024.
- How does Switzerland rank for potatoes — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 98th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. 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 Potatoes — 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.