Tomatoes — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 164 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tomatoes — area harvested in Switzerland is 164 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.4% on the previous year and down 16.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 800 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 164 ha, in 2024.
Switzerland ranks 132nd of 169 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 500 ha | -37.5% |
| 1963 | 530 ha | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 515 ha | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 550 ha | +6.8% |
| 1966 | 570 ha | +3.6% |
| 1967 | 570 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 660 ha | +15.8% |
| 1969 | 600 ha | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 550 ha | -8.3% |
| 1973 | 534 ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 305 ha | -42.9% |
| 1975 | 285 ha | -6.6% |
| 1976 | 293 ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 280 ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 290 ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 285 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 240 ha | -15.8% |
| 1981 | 245 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 286 ha | +16.7% |
| 1983 | 270 ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 268 ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 250 ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 253 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 257 ha | +1.6% |
| 1988 | 271 ha | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 275 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 240 ha | -12.7% |
| 1991 | 255 ha | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 256 ha | +0.4% |
| 1993 | 234 ha | -8.6% |
| 1994 | 224 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 211 ha | -5.8% |
| 1996 | 208 ha | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 243 ha | +16.8% |
| 1998 | 217 ha | -10.7% |
| 1999 | 223 ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 214 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 225 ha | +5.1% |
| 2002 | 233 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 219 ha | -6.0% |
| 2004 | 209 ha | -4.6% |
| 2005 | 209 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 211 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 226 ha | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 225 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 215 ha | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 225 ha | +4.7% |
| 2011 | 206 ha | -8.4% |
| 2012 | 235 ha | +14.1% |
| 2013 | 212 ha | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 196 ha | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 190 ha | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 184 ha | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 187 ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 188 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 178 ha | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 183 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 182 ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 185 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 179 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 164 ha | -8.4% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 164 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 336 ha, 49% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 164 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,742 ha, 6% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | -42.9% | 534 ha | 305 ha |
| 1962 | -37.5% | 800 ha | 500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 588.33 ha | 500 ha | 800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 402.2 ha | 280 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 261.5 ha | 240 ha | 286 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 231.1 ha | 208 ha | 256 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 218.6 ha | 209 ha | 233 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 200.1 ha | 178 ha | 235 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 178.6 ha | 164 ha | 185 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Switzerland was 164 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 800 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 164 ha in 2024.
- How does Switzerland rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 132nd out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.3%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.