Rape or colza seed — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 3,049 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — yield in Switzerland stood at 3,049 kg/ha.
The figure is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 24.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Switzerland peaked at 4,052 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,605 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Switzerland 13th out of 69 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,002 kg/ha | 1,605 kg/ha | 2,452 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,305 kg/ha | 1,878 kg/ha | 2,896 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,792 kg/ha | 2,311 kg/ha | 3,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,899 kg/ha | 2,387 kg/ha | 3,394 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,109 kg/ha | 2,832 kg/ha | 3,510 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,421 kg/ha | 2,989 kg/ha | 4,052 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,333 kg/ha | 3,049 kg/ha | 3,677 kg/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 rape or colza seed — yield in Switzerland?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Switzerland was 3,049 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 4,052 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,605 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 13th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.8%. 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 — 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.