Sugar beet — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Sugar beet — Area harvested was 16,774 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar beet — area harvested in Switzerland is 16,774 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar beet — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 21,040 ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 4,862 ha, in 1962.
Switzerland ranks 32nd of 68 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sugar beet — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,052 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,862 ha | -3.8% |
| 1963 | 6,907 ha | +42.1% |
| 1964 | 7,570 ha | +9.6% |
| 1965 | 8,372 ha | +10.6% |
| 1966 | 8,437 ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 8,673 ha | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 8,981 ha | +3.6% |
| 1969 | 8,970 ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 9,040 ha | +0.8% |
| 1971 | 8,920 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 9,840 ha | +10.3% |
| 1973 | 9,919 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 10,417 ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 11,386 ha | +9.3% |
| 1976 | 11,296 ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 11,938 ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 13,090 ha | +9.6% |
| 1979 | 13,690 ha | +4.6% |
| 1980 | 13,362 ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 14,414 ha | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 14,945 ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 15,127 ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 15,158 ha | +0.2% |
| 1985 | 14,935 ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 13,819 ha | -7.5% |
| 1987 | 14,990 ha | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 14,670 ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 14,490 ha | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 14,460 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 14,280 ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 14,185 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 14,080 ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 13,779 ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 13,369 ha | -3.0% |
| 1996 | 16,045 ha | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 16,727 ha | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 16,675 ha | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 17,450 ha | +4.6% |
| 2000 | 17,725 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 17,757 ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 18,175 ha | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 17,539 ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 18,622 ha | +6.2% |
| 2005 | 18,248 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 18,739 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 20,660 ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 20,469 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 20,191 ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 17,842 ha | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 19,378 ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 19,211 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 19,893 ha | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 21,040 ha | +5.8% |
| 2015 | 19,759 ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 19,095 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 19,135 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 18,578 ha | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 17,555 ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 17,602 ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 16,186 ha | -8.0% |
| 2022 | 15,850 ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 16,402 ha | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 16,774 ha | +2.3% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 16,774 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,080 ha, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 16,774 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 16,030 ha, 1.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sugar beet — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +42.1% | 4,862 ha | 6,907 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,536 ha | 4,862 ha | 8,981 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,954 ha | 8,920 ha | 13,690 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,591 ha | 13,362 ha | 15,158 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,105 ha | 13,369 ha | 17,450 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 18,812 ha | 17,539 ha | 20,660 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,149 ha | 17,555 ha | 21,040 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 16,563 ha | 15,850 ha | 17,602 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 sugar beet — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Sugar beet — area harvested in Switzerland was 16,774 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 21,040 ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sugar beet — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,862 ha in 1962.
- How does Switzerland rank for sugar beet — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 32nd out of 68 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar beet — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.3%. 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 Sugar beet — 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.