Spinach — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Spinach — Yield was 15,340 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — yield in Switzerland stood at 15,340 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 5.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Switzerland peaked at 20,000 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 8,388 kg/ha, in 2003.
Switzerland ranks 25th of 67 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,947 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 18,571 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 19,000 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1965 | 19,167 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 19,200 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 19,000 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 19,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 18,894 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 20,000 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 18,889 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 10,000 kg/ha | -47.1% |
| 1975 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 10,333 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 10,000 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 10,833 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1979 | 10,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,387 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 14,382 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1982 | 12,900 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1983 | 12,214 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1984 | 12,512 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 12,127 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1986 | 13,879 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1987 | 11,964 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1988 | 11,524 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 11,933 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 12,848 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 11,669 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1992 | 10,984 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 10,708 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 10,709 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 10,042 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1996 | 13,308 kg/ha | +32.5% |
| 1997 | 11,068 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1998 | 11,550 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 11,018 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 11,846 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 10,466 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2002 | 11,808 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 8,388 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2004 | 10,102 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 2005 | 13,891 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 2006 | 13,737 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 13,830 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 13,113 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 13,568 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 13,830 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2011 | 14,735 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 14,132 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2013 | 12,575 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2014 | 16,298 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 2015 | 14,941 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 15,929 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 16,216 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 16,545 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 16,652 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 15,689 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2021 | 18,500 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2022 | 16,882 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2023 | 16,130 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2024 | 15,340 kg/ha | -4.9% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 15,340 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 15,340 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 11,891 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Yield 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | -47.1% | 18,889 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,976 kg/ha | 18,571 kg/ha | 19,200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,089 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 20,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,582 kg/ha | 11,524 kg/ha | 14,382 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,390 kg/ha | 10,042 kg/ha | 13,308 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,075 kg/ha | 8,388 kg/ha | 13,891 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,185 kg/ha | 12,575 kg/ha | 16,652 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,508 kg/ha | 15,340 kg/ha | 18,500 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 spinach — yield in Switzerland?
- Spinach — yield in Switzerland was 15,340 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 20,000 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,388 kg/ha in 2003.
- How does Switzerland rank for spinach — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 25th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Spinach — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.