Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Sugar Crops Primary — Yield was 67,753 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sugar Crops Primary — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sugar crops primary — yield in Switzerland stood at 67,753 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.4% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar crops primary — yield in Switzerland peaked at 94,343 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 34,512 kg/ha, in 1962.
Switzerland ranks 51st of 152 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 Crops Primary — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 44,280 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 34,512 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1963 | 42,985 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1964 | 47,781 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1965 | 35,547 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 1966 | 43,380 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1967 | 48,818 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 50,440 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 43,735 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1970 | 41,947 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1971 | 52,937 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 1972 | 40,213 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1973 | 54,391 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1974 | 49,765 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1975 | 42,113 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1976 | 51,968 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1977 | 45,644 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1978 | 48,411 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1979 | 57,078 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1980 | 50,516 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1981 | 62,578 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1982 | 55,938 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1983 | 55,001 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1984 | 56,736 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1985 | 52,822 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1986 | 55,091 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 54,962 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 62,882 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1989 | 61,301 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1990 | 60,435 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 62,776 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1992 | 63,960 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 69,349 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 61,064 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1995 | 61,632 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 71,187 kg/ha | +15.5% |
| 1997 | 70,546 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 67,445 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 67,976 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 79,461 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2001 | 59,143 kg/ha | -25.6% |
| 2002 | 77,464 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 2003 | 71,687 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 78,177 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2005 | 77,234 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 66,318 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2007 | 76,134 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2008 | 79,399 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 85,172 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 72,977 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2011 | 94,343 kg/ha | +29.3% |
| 2012 | 87,073 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2013 | 69,185 kg/ha | -20.5% |
| 2014 | 91,457 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2015 | 68,612 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2016 | 66,898 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 80,731 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2018 | 68,008 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2019 | 82,856 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2020 | 74,111 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2021 | 68,091 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2022 | 85,385 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2023 | 73,139 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 67,753 kg/ha | -7.4% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 67,753 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 60,128 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 67,753 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 50,731 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43,498 kg/ha | 34,512 kg/ha | 50,440 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 48,447 kg/ha | 40,213 kg/ha | 57,078 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 56,783 kg/ha | 50,516 kg/ha | 62,882 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 65,637 kg/ha | 60,435 kg/ha | 71,187 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 75,019 kg/ha | 59,143 kg/ha | 85,172 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 78,214 kg/ha | 66,898 kg/ha | 94,343 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 73,696 kg/ha | 67,753 kg/ha | 85,385 kg/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 crops primary — yield in Switzerland?
- Sugar crops primary — yield in Switzerland was 67,753 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 94,343 kg/ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest sugar crops primary — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 34,512 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Switzerland rank for sugar crops primary — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 51st out of 152 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sugar crops primary — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. 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 Crops Primary — Yield. 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.