Soya beans — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Soya beans — Area harvested was 3,278 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Soya beans — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, soya beans — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 3,278 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.5% on the previous year and up 119.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 3,278 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Switzerland 67th out of 107 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.
Soya beans — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 0 ha | — |
| 1973 | 0 ha | — |
| 1974 | 0 ha | — |
| 1975 | 0 ha | — |
| 1976 | 0 ha | — |
| 1977 | 0 ha | — |
| 1978 | 0 ha | — |
| 1979 | 0 ha | — |
| 1980 | 0 ha | — |
| 1981 | 0 ha | — |
| 1982 | 0 ha | — |
| 1983 | 0 ha | — |
| 1984 | 0 ha | — |
| 1985 | 0 ha | — |
| 1986 | 0 ha | — |
| 1987 | 0 ha | — |
| 1988 | 824 ha | — |
| 1989 | 903 ha | +9.6% |
| 1990 | 1,076 ha | +19.2% |
| 1991 | 1,545 ha | +43.6% |
| 1992 | 1,801 ha | +16.6% |
| 1993 | 1,806 ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 1,691 ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 1,747 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 1,840 ha | +5.3% |
| 1997 | 2,341 ha | +27.2% |
| 1998 | 2,884 ha | +23.2% |
| 1999 | 2,273 ha | -21.2% |
| 2000 | 952 ha | -58.1% |
| 2001 | 407 ha | -57.2% |
| 2002 | 1,607 ha | +294.8% |
| 2003 | 2,527 ha | +57.2% |
| 2004 | 2,496 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 1,518 ha | -39.2% |
| 2006 | 1,125 ha | -25.9% |
| 2007 | 998 ha | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 997 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,108 ha | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 1,087 ha | -1.9% |
| 2011 | 1,123 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 1,085 ha | -3.4% |
| 2013 | 1,407 ha | +29.7% |
| 2014 | 1,496 ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 1,719 ha | +14.9% |
| 2016 | 1,765 ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 1,695 ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 1,801 ha | +6.3% |
| 2019 | 1,721 ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 2,032 ha | +18.1% |
| 2021 | 2,240 ha | +10.2% |
| 2022 | 2,895 ha | +29.2% |
| 2023 | 3,079 ha | +6.4% |
| 2024 | 3,278 ha | +6.5% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 3,278 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 3,120 ha, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 3,278 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,120 ha, 1.1× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Soya beans — Area harvested in Switzerland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +294.8% | 407 ha | 1,607 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 172.7 ha | 0 ha | 903 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,900 ha | 1,076 ha | 2,884 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,374 ha | 407 ha | 2,527 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,490 ha | 1,085 ha | 1,801 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,705 ha | 2,032 ha | 3,278 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 soya beans — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Soya beans — area harvested in Switzerland was 3,278 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 3,278 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest soya beans — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for soya beans — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 67th out of 107 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 119.1%. 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 Soya beans — Area harvested. 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.