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 12th out of 67 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.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,605 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,153 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1963 | 1,827 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1964 | 2,022 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1965 | 2,052 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1966 | 1,646 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1967 | 2,424 kg/ha | +47.3% |
| 1968 | 2,452 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 1,834 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1970 | 2,158 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1971 | 2,435 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1972 | 2,436 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 2,184 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1974 | 2,896 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1975 | 1,912 kg/ha | -34.0% |
| 1976 | 2,168 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1977 | 1,878 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1978 | 2,377 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1979 | 2,603 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1980 | 2,640 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 2,655 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1982 | 2,831 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 2,311 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1984 | 3,127 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1985 | 2,690 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1986 | 2,541 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1987 | 2,938 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 2,965 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 3,227 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 2,571 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1991 | 3,004 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 1992 | 2,694 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1993 | 2,996 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1994 | 2,387 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1995 | 3,104 kg/ha | +30.0% |
| 1996 | 3,151 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 3,394 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1998 | 3,112 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 2,574 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2000 | 2,980 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2001 | 3,003 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 3,192 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 2,832 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 3,510 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2005 | 3,331 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 3,092 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2007 | 3,020 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 3,006 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 3,126 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 3,114 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 3,332 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 3,122 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 3,260 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 4,052 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 2015 | 3,713 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 3,427 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 3,801 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2018 | 3,396 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2019 | 2,989 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2020 | 3,594 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 2021 | 3,085 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2022 | 3,677 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2023 | 3,262 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2024 | 3,049 kg/ha | -6.5% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 3,049 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 3,049 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,752 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
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 |
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 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 12th out of 67 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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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.