Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Treenuts, Total — Area harvested was 1,906 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, treenuts, total — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 1,906 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, treenuts, total — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 2,700 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 650 ha, in 1993.
Switzerland ranks 81st of 122 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Treenuts, Total — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 2,700 ha | +35.0% |
| 1987 | 2,200 ha | -18.5% |
| 1988 | 2,100 ha | -4.5% |
| 1989 | 1,700 ha | -19.0% |
| 1990 | 800 ha | -52.9% |
| 1991 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,600 ha | +100.0% |
| 1993 | 650 ha | -59.4% |
| 1994 | 1,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1995 | 1,006 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | +98.8% |
| 1997 | 1,800 ha | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 1,998 ha | +11.0% |
| 1999 | 1,700 ha | -14.9% |
| 2000 | 2,700 ha | +58.8% |
| 2001 | 1,700 ha | -37.0% |
| 2002 | 2,500 ha | +47.1% |
| 2003 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 2004 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 2005 | 1,000 ha | -41.2% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,700 ha | +70.0% |
| 2008 | 1,350 ha | -20.6% |
| 2009 | 1,730 ha | +28.1% |
| 2010 | 1,750 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,800 ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,650 ha | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 1,650 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,782 ha | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 1,972 ha | +10.7% |
| 2017 | 1,954 ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,945 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,904 ha | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 1,820 ha | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 1,658 ha | -8.9% |
| 2022 | 1,632 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,814 ha | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 1,906 ha | +5.1% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 1,906 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,005 ha, 1.9× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 1,906 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 3,414 ha, 56% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Treenuts, Total — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | +100.0% | 800 ha | 1,600 ha |
| 1996 | +98.8% | 1,006 ha | 2,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,140 ha | 1,700 ha | 2,700 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 1,335 ha | 650 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,738 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,821 ha | 1,650 ha | 1,972 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,766 ha | 1,632 ha | 1,906 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 treenuts, total — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Treenuts, total — area harvested in Switzerland was 1,906 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,700 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest treenuts, total — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 650 ha in 1993.
- How does Switzerland rank for treenuts, total — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 81st out of 122 countries with data for 2024.
- Is treenuts, total — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.5%. 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 Treenuts, Total — 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.