Wheat — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Wheat — Area harvested was 84,993 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Wheat — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, wheat — area harvested in Switzerland stood at 84,993 ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 116,460 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 84,993 ha, in 2024.
Switzerland ranks 71st of 124 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 116,460 ha | — |
| 1962 | 108,620 ha | -6.7% |
| 1963 | 105,380 ha | -3.0% |
| 1964 | 106,602 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 109,213 ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 107,710 ha | -1.4% |
| 1967 | 105,720 ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 108,020 ha | +2.2% |
| 1969 | 107,460 ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 97,520 ha | -9.2% |
| 1971 | 94,930 ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 97,500 ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 91,170 ha | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 88,720 ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 89,788 ha | +1.2% |
| 1976 | 90,990 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 89,280 ha | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 88,860 ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 86,040 ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 90,400 ha | +5.1% |
| 1981 | 86,880 ha | -3.9% |
| 1982 | 88,330 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 91,080 ha | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 95,300 ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 96,898 ha | +1.7% |
| 1986 | 96,450 ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 95,240 ha | -1.3% |
| 1988 | 93,800 ha | -1.5% |
| 1989 | 98,730 ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 99,794 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 98,140 ha | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 97,110 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 96,630 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 103,290 ha | +6.9% |
| 1995 | 102,574 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 100,726 ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 97,778 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 97,595 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 94,109 ha | -3.6% |
| 2000 | 95,617 ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 91,734 ha | -4.1% |
| 2002 | 91,675 ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 86,429 ha | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 88,170 ha | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 92,696 ha | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 93,549 ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 90,948 ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 91,492 ha | +0.6% |
| 2009 | 91,328 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 91,150 ha | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 87,868 ha | -3.6% |
| 2012 | 89,260 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 89,100 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 86,759 ha | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 88,049 ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 88,484 ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 87,061 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 87,725 ha | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 86,493 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 85,023 ha | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 89,326 ha | +5.1% |
| 2022 | 89,041 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 87,057 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 84,993 ha | -2.4% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 84,993 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 40% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 84,993 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 23% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 108,354 ha | 105,380 ha | 116,460 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 91,480 ha | 86,040 ha | 97,520 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 93,311 ha | 86,880 ha | 98,730 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 98,775 ha | 94,109 ha | 103,290 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 91,364 ha | 86,429 ha | 95,617 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 88,195 ha | 86,493 ha | 91,150 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,088 ha | 84,993 ha | 89,326 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 wheat — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Wheat — area harvested in Switzerland was 84,993 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 116,460 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 84,993 ha in 2024.
- How does Switzerland rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 71st out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. 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 Wheat — 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.