Pulses, Total — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Pulses, Total — Yield was 2,065 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pulses, Total — Yield in Switzerland, 1971–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — yield in Switzerland stood at 2,065 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 43.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Switzerland peaked at 4,670 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 2,000 kg/ha, in 1976.
Switzerland ranks 39th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 54 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | 3,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1972 | 3,333 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1973 | 3,472 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 3,817 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1975 | 3,312 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1976 | 2,000 kg/ha | -39.6% |
| 1977 | 3,636 kg/ha | +81.8% |
| 1978 | 4,000 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 3,333 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1980 | 3,571 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1981 | 3,158 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1982 | 3,600 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 4,083 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1984 | 4,670 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1985 | 4,163 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1986 | 4,030 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1987 | 3,850 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1988 | 4,548 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1989 | 4,467 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 4,186 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 4,053 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 3,865 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1993 | 3,464 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1994 | 3,828 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1995 | 4,043 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 4,369 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 4,064 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1998 | 3,929 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 3,432 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2000 | 3,538 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 3,634 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2002 | 3,909 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 3,503 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2004 | 3,639 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 3,738 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 3,450 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 3,441 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 3,834 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 2009 | 3,852 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 4,082 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 3,993 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 3,720 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 3,306 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2014 | 3,638 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2015 | 3,352 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2016 | 2,058 kg/ha | -38.6% |
| 2017 | 3,436 kg/ha | +67.0% |
| 2018 | 3,080 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2019 | 3,497 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2020 | 2,764 kg/ha | -21.0% |
| 2021 | 2,094 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 2022 | 3,278 kg/ha | +56.5% |
| 2023 | 2,002 kg/ha | -38.9% |
| 2024 | 2,065 kg/ha | +3.1% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 2,065 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,047 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 2,065 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,081 kg/ha, 99% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 3,323 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1980s | 4,014 kg/ha | 3,158 kg/ha | 4,670 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,923 kg/ha | 3,432 kg/ha | 4,369 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,654 kg/ha | 3,441 kg/ha | 3,909 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,416 kg/ha | 2,058 kg/ha | 4,082 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,441 kg/ha | 2,002 kg/ha | 3,278 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
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 pulses, total — yield in Switzerland?
- Pulses, total — yield in Switzerland was 2,065 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 4,670 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Switzerland rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 39th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Pulses, Total — Yield. 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.