Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Sunflower seed — Area harvested was 7,280 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 7,280 ha for sunflower seed — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.1% on the previous year and up 84.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 7,280 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3 ha, in 1993.
Switzerland ranks 49th of 84 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3 ha | — |
| 1994 | 113 ha | +3666.7% |
| 1995 | 461 ha | +308.0% |
| 1996 | 673 ha | +46.0% |
| 1997 | 1,017 ha | +51.1% |
| 1998 | 1,396 ha | +37.3% |
| 1999 | 1,796 ha | +28.7% |
| 2000 | 3,579 ha | +99.3% |
| 2001 | 4,579 ha | +27.9% |
| 2002 | 5,114 ha | +11.7% |
| 2003 | 5,478 ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 4,981 ha | -9.1% |
| 2005 | 5,083 ha | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 5,339 ha | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 4,874 ha | -8.7% |
| 2008 | 4,237 ha | -13.1% |
| 2009 | 3,654 ha | -13.8% |
| 2010 | 3,563 ha | -2.5% |
| 2011 | 3,324 ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 3,550 ha | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 3,959 ha | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 3,957 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 4,568 ha | +15.4% |
| 2016 | 4,885 ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 5,258 ha | +7.6% |
| 2018 | 5,386 ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 5,903 ha | +9.6% |
| 2020 | 4,504 ha | -23.7% |
| 2021 | 4,818 ha | +7.0% |
| 2022 | 5,228 ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 6,327 ha | +21.0% |
| 2024 | 7,280 ha | +15.1% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 7,280 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 17,035 ha, 43% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 7,280 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 10,400 ha, 70% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sunflower seed — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +3666.7% | 3 ha | 113 ha |
| 1995 | +308.0% | 113 ha | 461 ha |
| 2000 | +99.3% | 1,796 ha | 3,579 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 779.86 ha | 3 ha | 1,796 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 4,692 ha | 3,579 ha | 5,478 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,435 ha | 3,324 ha | 5,903 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,631 ha | 4,504 ha | 7,280 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 sunflower seed — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Sunflower seed — area harvested in Switzerland was 7,280 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 7,280 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 ha in 1993.
- How does Switzerland rank for sunflower seed — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 49th out of 84 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 84.0%. 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 Sunflower seed — 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.