Soya beans — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Soya beans — Yield was 2,282 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Soya beans — Yield in Switzerland, 1988–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for soya beans — yield in Switzerland is 2,282 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soya beans — yield in Switzerland peaked at 3,939 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2,077 kg/ha, in 2018.
Switzerland ranks 32nd of 98 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Soya beans — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 2,347 kg/ha | — |
| 1989 | 2,453 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 2,427 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 2,344 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 2,634 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1993 | 2,282 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1994 | 2,758 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1995 | 2,775 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 2,572 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 2,647 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 2,605 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 3,323 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2000 | 3,939 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2001 | 3,071 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2002 | 3,024 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2003 | 2,348 kg/ha | -22.4% |
| 2004 | 2,845 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 2005 | 2,635 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 2,667 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 2,605 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2008 | 2,909 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2009 | 2,708 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2010 | 2,830 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2011 | 2,939 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2012 | 2,811 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2013 | 2,525 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2014 | 2,595 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 2,358 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 2,550 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2017 | 3,329 kg/ha | +30.6% |
| 2018 | 2,077 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 2019 | 3,109 kg/ha | +49.7% |
| 2020 | 2,582 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2021 | 2,604 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 2,133 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2023 | 2,257 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 2,282 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 2,282 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,477 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (27 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 2,282 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,355 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,400 kg/ha | 2,347 kg/ha | 2,453 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1990s | 2,637 kg/ha | 2,282 kg/ha | 3,323 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,875 kg/ha | 2,348 kg/ha | 3,939 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,712 kg/ha | 2,077 kg/ha | 3,329 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,372 kg/ha | 2,133 kg/ha | 2,604 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 soya beans — yield in Switzerland?
- Soya beans — yield in Switzerland was 2,282 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest soya beans — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 3,939 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest soya beans — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,077 kg/ha in 2018.
- How does Switzerland rank for soya beans — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 32nd out of 98 countries with data for 2024.
- Is soya beans — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- 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 — 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.