Strawberries — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Strawberries — Area harvested was 491 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Strawberries — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, strawberries — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 491 ha.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 3.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, strawberries — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 986 ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 224 ha, in 1974.
That places Switzerland 54th out of 83 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Strawberries — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 986 ha | +9.6% |
| 1968 | 500 ha | -49.3% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1970 | 270 ha | -32.5% |
| 1971 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 270 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 248 ha | -8.1% |
| 1974 | 224 ha | -9.7% |
| 1975 | 232 ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 248 ha | +6.9% |
| 1977 | 254 ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 259 ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 294 ha | +13.5% |
| 1980 | 390 ha | +32.7% |
| 1981 | 313 ha | -19.7% |
| 1982 | 315 ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 326 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 343 ha | +5.2% |
| 1985 | 345 ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 368 ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 407 ha | +10.6% |
| 1988 | 408 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 411 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 415 ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 398 ha | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 405 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 429 ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 435 ha | +1.4% |
| 1995 | 427 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 428 ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 447 ha | +4.4% |
| 1998 | 466 ha | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 446 ha | -4.3% |
| 2000 | 440 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 429 ha | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 414 ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 410 ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 413 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 433 ha | +4.8% |
| 2006 | 433 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 418 ha | -3.5% |
| 2008 | 418 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 421 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 425 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 444 ha | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 473 ha | +6.5% |
| 2013 | 498 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 507 ha | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 504 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 517 ha | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 514 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 512 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 510 ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 521 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 515 ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 529 ha | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 510 ha | -3.6% |
| 2024 | 491 ha | -3.7% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 491 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 740 ha, 66% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 491 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 838 ha, 59% of the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Strawberries — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | -49.3% | 986 ha | 500 ha |
| 1970 | -32.5% | 400 ha | 270 ha |
| 1980 | +32.7% | 294 ha | 390 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 809.56 ha | 400 ha | 986 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 256.9 ha | 224 ha | 294 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 362.6 ha | 313 ha | 411 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 429.6 ha | 398 ha | 466 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 422.9 ha | 410 ha | 440 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 490.4 ha | 425 ha | 517 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 513.2 ha | 491 ha | 529 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 strawberries — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Strawberries — area harvested in Switzerland was 491 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest strawberries — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 986 ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest strawberries — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 224 ha in 1974.
- How does Switzerland rank for strawberries — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 54th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is strawberries — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.2%. 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 Strawberries — 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.