Vegetables Primary — Production in Switzerland
Switzerland: Vegetables Primary — Production was 370,915 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Production in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — production in Switzerland is 370,915 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and down 9.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — production in Switzerland peaked at 426,888 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 237,850 t, in 1965.
That places Switzerland 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Production in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 299,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 248,000 t | -17.1% |
| 1963 | 285,800 t | +15.2% |
| 1964 | 269,200 t | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 237,850 t | -11.6% |
| 1966 | 288,300 t | +21.2% |
| 1967 | 279,940 t | -2.9% |
| 1968 | 259,770 t | -7.2% |
| 1969 | 259,945 t | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 256,830 t | -1.2% |
| 1971 | 290,820 t | +13.2% |
| 1972 | 260,820 t | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 272,870 t | +4.6% |
| 1974 | 264,850 t | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 257,829 t | -2.7% |
| 1976 | 260,802 t | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 288,905 t | +10.8% |
| 1978 | 329,788 t | +14.2% |
| 1979 | 258,957 t | -21.5% |
| 1980 | 297,857 t | +15.0% |
| 1981 | 361,814 t | +21.5% |
| 1982 | 334,857 t | -7.5% |
| 1983 | 328,008 t | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 377,287 t | +15.0% |
| 1985 | 361,177 t | -4.3% |
| 1986 | 261,823 t | -27.5% |
| 1987 | 246,202 t | -6.0% |
| 1988 | 313,849 t | +27.5% |
| 1989 | 307,555 t | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 307,696 t | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 316,299 t | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 305,786 t | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 309,146 t | +1.1% |
| 1994 | 295,697 t | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 330,712 t | +11.8% |
| 1996 | 370,691 t | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 374,820 t | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 348,057 t | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 326,336 t | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 335,686 t | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 315,965 t | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 338,452 t | +7.1% |
| 2003 | 277,677 t | -18.0% |
| 2004 | 328,953 t | +18.5% |
| 2005 | 312,399 t | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 288,997 t | -7.5% |
| 2007 | 337,751 t | +16.9% |
| 2008 | 365,272 t | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 381,401 t | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 364,400 t | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 425,167 t | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 395,917 t | -6.9% |
| 2013 | 381,050 t | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 411,546 t | +8.0% |
| 2015 | 397,169 t | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 396,968 t | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 426,888 t | +7.5% |
| 2018 | 406,047 t | -4.9% |
| 2019 | 380,412 t | -6.3% |
| 2020 | 404,208 t | +6.3% |
| 2021 | 335,342 t | -17.0% |
| 2022 | 410,119 t | +22.3% |
| 2023 | 366,121 t | -10.7% |
| 2024 | 370,915 t | +1.3% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 370,915 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 236,616 t, 1.6× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 370,915 t is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 682,454 t, 54% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 269,778 t | 237,850 t | 299,200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 274,247 t | 256,830 t | 329,788 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 319,043 t | 246,202 t | 377,287 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 328,524 t | 295,697 t | 374,820 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 328,255 t | 277,677 t | 381,401 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 398,556 t | 364,400 t | 426,888 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 377,341 t | 335,342 t | 410,119 t | 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 vegetables primary — production in Switzerland?
- Vegetables primary — production in Switzerland was 370,915 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — production recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 426,888 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — production recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 237,850 t in 1965.
- How does Switzerland rank for vegetables primary — production?
- Switzerland ranks 105th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — production rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.9%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Production. 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.