Rye — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Rye — Yield was 3,755 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rye — yield in Switzerland stood at 3,755 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 23.4% on the previous year and down 44.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — yield in Switzerland peaked at 6,814 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3,037 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Switzerland 14th out of 65 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.
Rye — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,103 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,979 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1963 | 3,037 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1964 | 3,693 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1965 | 3,326 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1966 | 3,452 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1967 | 4,076 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1968 | 3,887 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1969 | 3,831 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1970 | 3,911 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1971 | 4,289 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1972 | 4,125 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 4,052 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 4,617 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1975 | 3,938 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 4,581 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 1977 | 4,037 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1978 | 4,738 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1979 | 4,720 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 4,344 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1981 | 4,493 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 4,700 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 4,717 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1984 | 5,480 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1985 | 5,294 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 4,429 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1987 | 4,388 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 5,170 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1989 | 5,561 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1990 | 5,049 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1991 | 5,093 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 5,468 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1993 | 5,966 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 5,374 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1995 | 6,007 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 6,557 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1997 | 6,034 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1998 | 6,625 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 5,345 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2000 | 6,149 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2001 | 5,664 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2002 | 5,926 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 5,276 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2004 | 6,726 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2005 | 5,605 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2006 | 5,588 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 5,674 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 6,007 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 6,362 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 6,098 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 6,601 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2012 | 5,922 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2013 | 5,512 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2014 | 6,814 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2015 | 6,182 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 4,237 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 2017 | 6,199 kg/ha | +46.3% |
| 2018 | 5,451 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2019 | 5,871 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 5,747 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 4,358 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 2022 | 5,655 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2023 | 4,902 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2024 | 3,755 kg/ha | -23.4% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 3,755 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,381 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 3,755 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,150 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,598 kg/ha | 3,037 kg/ha | 4,076 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,301 kg/ha | 3,911 kg/ha | 4,738 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,858 kg/ha | 4,344 kg/ha | 5,561 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,752 kg/ha | 5,049 kg/ha | 6,625 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,898 kg/ha | 5,276 kg/ha | 6,726 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,889 kg/ha | 4,237 kg/ha | 6,814 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,883 kg/ha | 3,755 kg/ha | 5,747 kg/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 rye — yield in Switzerland?
- Rye — yield in Switzerland was 3,755 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,814 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest rye — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,037 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Switzerland rank for rye — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 14th out of 65 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.9%. 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 Rye — 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.