Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 10,685 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 10,685 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 51,000 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 10,685 ha, in 2024.
That places Switzerland 126th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 51,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 49,000 ha | -3.9% |
| 1963 | 47,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1964 | 45,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1965 | 39,203 ha | -12.9% |
| 1966 | 39,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 38,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 36,600 ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 32,528 ha | -11.1% |
| 1970 | 31,000 ha | -4.7% |
| 1971 | 29,000 ha | -6.5% |
| 1972 | 26,000 ha | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 25,000 ha | -3.8% |
| 1974 | 24,000 ha | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 24,811 ha | +3.4% |
| 1976 | 24,500 ha | -1.3% |
| 1977 | 24,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1978 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 24,664 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 24,600 ha | -0.3% |
| 1982 | 24,300 ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 23,700 ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 23,200 ha | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 21,063 ha | -9.2% |
| 1986 | 20,300 ha | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 20,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 20,400 ha | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 20,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 18,796 ha | -6.0% |
| 1991 | 18,100 ha | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 17,900 ha | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 17,600 ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 17,200 ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 16,116 ha | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 16,666 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 14,962 ha | -10.2% |
| 1998 | 13,883 ha | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 13,740 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 14,153 ha | +3.0% |
| 2001 | 13,785 ha | -2.6% |
| 2002 | 13,460 ha | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 13,578 ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 13,335 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 12,510 ha | -6.2% |
| 2006 | 11,973 ha | -4.3% |
| 2007 | 11,745 ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 11,058 ha | -5.8% |
| 2009 | 11,215 ha | +1.4% |
| 2010 | 10,874 ha | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 11,250 ha | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 10,875 ha | -3.3% |
| 2013 | 11,039 ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 11,341 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 10,891 ha | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 10,995 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 11,276 ha | +2.6% |
| 2018 | 11,107 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 10,981 ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 10,956 ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 10,711 ha | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 10,749 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 10,704 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 10,685 ha | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 41,926 ha | 32,528 ha | 51,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,631 ha | 24,000 ha | 31,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,253 ha | 20,000 ha | 24,664 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,496 ha | 13,740 ha | 18,796 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,681 ha | 11,058 ha | 14,153 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,063 ha | 10,874 ha | 11,341 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,761 ha | 10,685 ha | 10,956 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Switzerland was 10,685 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 51,000 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,685 ha in 2024.
- How does Switzerland rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 126th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.