Sunflower seed — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Sunflower seed — Yield was 2,182 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sunflower seed — Yield in Switzerland, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 2,182 kg/ha for sunflower seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 22.9% on the previous year and down 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sunflower seed — yield in Switzerland peaked at 3,261 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2,143 kg/ha, in 2015.
Switzerland ranks 20th of 76 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Sunflower seed — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 2,821 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 2,761 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 2,373 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1996 | 2,886 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1997 | 2,894 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 2,930 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 2,795 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2000 | 3,261 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2001 | 2,664 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2002 | 3,187 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 2003 | 3,183 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,730 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 2005 | 2,971 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2006 | 2,491 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2007 | 2,667 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 2,761 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 3,229 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 2010 | 2,975 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2011 | 2,978 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,605 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2013 | 2,183 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2014 | 2,459 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2015 | 2,143 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2016 | 2,661 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 2017 | 3,128 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2018 | 3,066 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 2,998 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 2,729 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 2,313 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2022 | 2,721 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2023 | 2,831 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 2,182 kg/ha | -22.9% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 2,182 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,163 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 2,182 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,182 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,780 kg/ha | 2,373 kg/ha | 2,930 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 2,915 kg/ha | 2,491 kg/ha | 3,261 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,720 kg/ha | 2,143 kg/ha | 3,128 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,555 kg/ha | 2,182 kg/ha | 2,831 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 sunflower seed — yield in Switzerland?
- Sunflower seed — yield in Switzerland was 2,182 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 3,261 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest sunflower seed — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,143 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Switzerland rank for sunflower seed — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 20th out of 76 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sunflower seed — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.3%. 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 Sunflower seed — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.