Spinach — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Spinach — Area harvested was 701 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Spinach — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 701 ha.
The figure is down 21.5% on the previous year and down 31.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 1,585 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 70 ha, in 1963.
That places Switzerland 27th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 100 ha | — |
| 1962 | 95 ha | -5.0% |
| 1963 | 70 ha | -26.3% |
| 1964 | 100 ha | +42.9% |
| 1965 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 125 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 100 ha | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 434 ha | +334.0% |
| 1970 | 450 ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 400 ha | -11.1% |
| 1973 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 550 ha | +22.2% |
| 1975 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1976 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 775 ha | +29.2% |
| 1981 | 890 ha | +14.8% |
| 1982 | 938 ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 985 ha | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 926 ha | -6.0% |
| 1985 | 1,119 ha | +20.8% |
| 1986 | 1,053 ha | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 942 ha | -10.5% |
| 1988 | 1,219 ha | +29.4% |
| 1989 | 1,108 ha | -9.1% |
| 1990 | 1,057 ha | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 1,267 ha | +19.9% |
| 1992 | 1,269 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 1,176 ha | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 1,438 ha | +22.3% |
| 1995 | 1,585 ha | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 1,317 ha | -16.9% |
| 1997 | 1,349 ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 1,240 ha | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 1,391 ha | +12.2% |
| 2000 | 1,394 ha | +0.2% |
| 2001 | 1,199 ha | -14.0% |
| 2002 | 1,229 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 1,359 ha | +10.6% |
| 2004 | 1,018 ha | -25.1% |
| 2005 | 1,171 ha | +15.0% |
| 2006 | 1,211 ha | +3.4% |
| 2007 | 1,255 ha | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 1,257 ha | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,240 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 1,155 ha | -6.9% |
| 2011 | 1,083 ha | -6.2% |
| 2012 | 1,065 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 1,315 ha | +23.5% |
| 2014 | 1,020 ha | -22.4% |
| 2015 | 1,057 ha | +3.6% |
| 2016 | 972 ha | -8.0% |
| 2017 | 995 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 953 ha | -4.2% |
| 2019 | 905 ha | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 1,028 ha | +13.6% |
| 2021 | 997 ha | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 977 ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 893 ha | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 701 ha | -21.5% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 701 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 4.4× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 701 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 420 ha, 1.7× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +334.0% | 100 ha | 434 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 138.22 ha | 70 ha | 434 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 530 ha | 400 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 995.5 ha | 775 ha | 1,219 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,309 ha | 1,057 ha | 1,585 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,233 ha | 1,018 ha | 1,394 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,052 ha | 905 ha | 1,315 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 919.2 ha | 701 ha | 1,028 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 spinach — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Spinach — area harvested in Switzerland was 701 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,585 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 ha in 1963.
- How does Switzerland rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 27th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.3%. 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 Spinach — 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.