Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Rape or colza seed — Area harvested was 24,415 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for rape or colza seed — area harvested in Switzerland is 24,415 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 3.2% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 25,224 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 5,670 ha, in 1961.
That places Switzerland 41st out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rape or colza seed — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,670 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,800 ha | +2.3% |
| 1963 | 6,398 ha | +10.3% |
| 1964 | 6,347 ha | -0.8% |
| 1965 | 6,725 ha | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 6,762 ha | +0.6% |
| 1967 | 7,551 ha | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 7,684 ha | +1.8% |
| 1969 | 7,583 ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 8,794 ha | +16.0% |
| 1971 | 9,697 ha | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 9,857 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 9,301 ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 9,667 ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 9,654 ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 10,978 ha | +13.7% |
| 1977 | 11,479 ha | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 11,596 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 11,759 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 12,899 ha | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 12,880 ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 12,936 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 13,798 ha | +6.7% |
| 1984 | 13,738 ha | -0.4% |
| 1985 | 14,532 ha | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 15,810 ha | +8.8% |
| 1987 | 16,710 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 16,860 ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 16,830 ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 16,810 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 16,810 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 16,570 ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 16,550 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 14,557 ha | -12.0% |
| 1995 | 15,817 ha | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 15,408 ha | -2.6% |
| 1997 | 16,258 ha | +5.5% |
| 1998 | 16,700 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 16,441 ha | -1.6% |
| 2000 | 14,343 ha | -12.8% |
| 2001 | 13,135 ha | -8.4% |
| 2002 | 15,311 ha | +16.6% |
| 2003 | 15,998 ha | +4.5% |
| 2004 | 16,839 ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 17,651 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 18,723 ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 20,200 ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 20,658 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 21,434 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 21,806 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 22,209 ha | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 22,097 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 22,244 ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 23,184 ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 23,432 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 20,979 ha | -10.5% |
| 2017 | 20,419 ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 22,811 ha | +11.7% |
| 2019 | 22,697 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 24,509 ha | +8.0% |
| 2021 | 24,970 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 25,038 ha | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 25,224 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 24,415 ha | -3.2% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 24,415 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 62,255 ha, 39% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 24,415 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 48,525 ha, 50% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,724 ha | 5,670 ha | 7,684 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,278 ha | 8,794 ha | 11,759 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,699 ha | 12,880 ha | 16,860 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,192 ha | 14,557 ha | 16,810 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,429 ha | 13,135 ha | 21,434 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,188 ha | 20,419 ha | 23,432 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 24,831 ha | 24,415 ha | 25,224 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 rape or colza seed — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Rape or colza seed — area harvested in Switzerland was 24,415 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 25,224 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,670 ha in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for rape or colza seed — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 41st out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. 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 Rape or colza seed — 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.