Potatoes — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Potatoes — Yield was 34,690 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Potatoes — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, potatoes — yield in Switzerland stood at 34,690 kg/ha.
The figure is up 3.2% on the previous year and down 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes — yield in Switzerland peaked at 48,722 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 23,000 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Switzerland 21st out of 153 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Potatoes — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,300 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,000 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 26,500 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 26,800 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1965 | 23,100 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1966 | 26,900 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1967 | 29,600 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1968 | 30,000 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 30,100 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 31,500 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1971 | 37,700 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1972 | 31,700 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1973 | 36,400 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1974 | 38,700 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 36,585 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1976 | 31,400 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1977 | 29,700 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 37,200 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1979 | 36,300 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 34,601 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 42,602 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1982 | 39,502 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1983 | 30,000 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1984 | 39,802 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 1985 | 38,798 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 36,596 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 32,399 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1988 | 41,000 kg/ha | +26.5% |
| 1989 | 38,500 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 37,902 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 39,878 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1992 | 42,285 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 43,926 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1994 | 33,174 kg/ha | -24.5% |
| 1995 | 35,294 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 48,722 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1997 | 45,916 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1998 | 40,337 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1999 | 35,226 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2000 | 42,436 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 2001 | 37,570 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2002 | 39,094 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 33,731 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2004 | 39,498 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 2005 | 38,745 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 32,699 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2007 | 41,703 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2008 | 42,784 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 46,500 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 38,698 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2011 | 45,778 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2012 | 41,103 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2013 | 32,594 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 2014 | 44,423 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 2015 | 35,699 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2016 | 33,915 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2017 | 40,900 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 2018 | 40,299 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 37,700 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 44,600 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2021 | 32,000 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2022 | 35,541 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2023 | 33,600 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2024 | 34,690 kg/ha | +3.2% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 34,690 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 29,667 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 34,690 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 24,921 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,700 kg/ha | 23,000 kg/ha | 30,100 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 34,718 kg/ha | 29,700 kg/ha | 38,700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,380 kg/ha | 30,000 kg/ha | 42,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,266 kg/ha | 33,174 kg/ha | 48,722 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,476 kg/ha | 32,699 kg/ha | 46,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,111 kg/ha | 32,594 kg/ha | 45,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,086 kg/ha | 32,000 kg/ha | 44,600 kg/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 potatoes — yield in Switzerland?
- Potatoes — yield in Switzerland was 34,690 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 48,722 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest potatoes — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,000 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Switzerland rank for potatoes — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 21st out of 153 countries with data for 2024.
- Is potatoes — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.9%. 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 Potatoes — 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.