Rape or colza seed — Production in Switzerland

Switzerland: Rape or colza seed — Production was 74,435 t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
74,435 t
Change on year
down 9.5%
World rank
39th
of 71 countries
All-time high
93,945 t
in 2014
All-time low
9,100 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Rape or colza seed — Production in Switzerland, 1961–2024

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

Switzerland recorded 74,435 t for rape or colza seed — production in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.5% on the previous year and down 20.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — production in Switzerland peaked at 93,945 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9,100 t, in 1961.

Switzerland ranks 39th of 71 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 13,566 t 9,100 t 18,839 t 9
1970s 23,689 t 18,459 t 30,604 t 10
1980s 41,236 t 31,882 t 54,310 t 10
1990s 46,978 t 34,750 t 55,181 t 10
2000s 54,225 t 39,440 t 67,000 t 10
2010s 75,917 t 67,843 t 93,945 t 10
2020s 82,780 t 74,435 t 92,059 t 5

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 36 Paraguay 82,040 t compare
  2. 37 Ethiopia PDR 81,000 t compare
  3. 38 Italy 80,840 t compare
  4. 40 Austria 71,490 t compare
  5. 41 Ireland 65,620 t compare
  6. 42 Türkiye 61,664 t compare

See the full ranking of 98 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is rape or colza seed — production in Switzerland?
Rape or colza seed — production in Switzerland was 74,435 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest rape or colza seed — production recorded in Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 93,945 t in 2014.
What is the lowest rape or colza seed — production recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 9,100 t in 1961.
How does Switzerland rank for rape or colza seed — production?
Switzerland ranks 39th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
Is rape or colza seed — production rising or falling in Switzerland?
Over the last ten years it is down 20.8%. 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 — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Rape or colza seed — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
98 places, 4,927 data points, 1961–2024
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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.