Vegetables Primary — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 21,944 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 21,944 kg/ha for vegetables primary — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 15.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Switzerland peaked at 28,826 kg/ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 20,054 kg/ha, in 1961.
Switzerland ranks 66th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,054 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,858 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 22,010 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 22,020 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 21,513 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 22,160 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 21,949 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 21,848 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 22,282 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 22,559 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 23,916 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1972 | 23,646 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 24,071 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 22,931 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 23,684 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1976 | 22,623 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 24,154 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1978 | 23,944 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 23,703 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 25,896 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1981 | 26,220 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1982 | 25,066 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 26,785 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1984 | 28,108 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 27,020 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1986 | 25,026 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1987 | 23,118 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 1988 | 26,279 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1989 | 27,184 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 28,564 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 24,632 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1992 | 23,284 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1993 | 24,211 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 23,026 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 24,851 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 28,503 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1997 | 28,826 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 28,099 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 24,816 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2000 | 24,781 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 23,718 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 23,877 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 20,694 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2004 | 24,324 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2005 | 22,491 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2006 | 21,876 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 24,046 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2008 | 23,728 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 25,782 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 24,419 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2011 | 27,249 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2012 | 26,456 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 25,090 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2014 | 26,084 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 24,712 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 24,888 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 25,765 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2018 | 24,192 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 23,069 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 22,846 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 20,192 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 24,132 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 2023 | 21,577 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2024 | 21,944 kg/ha | +1.7% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 21,944 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 21,944 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,926 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,633 kg/ha | 20,054 kg/ha | 22,282 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,523 kg/ha | 22,559 kg/ha | 24,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,070 kg/ha | 23,118 kg/ha | 28,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,881 kg/ha | 23,026 kg/ha | 28,826 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,532 kg/ha | 20,694 kg/ha | 25,782 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,192 kg/ha | 23,069 kg/ha | 27,249 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,138 kg/ha | 20,192 kg/ha | 24,132 kg/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 vegetables primary — yield in Switzerland?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Switzerland was 21,944 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 28,826 kg/ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,054 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 66th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.9%. 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 — Yield. 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.