Wheat — Yield in Switzerland
Switzerland: Wheat — Yield was 3,669 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 3,669 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 28.6% on the previous year and down 42.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Switzerland peaked at 6,615 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 2,713 kg/ha, in 1961.
Switzerland ranks 49th of 124 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.
Wheat — Yield in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,713 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,865 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 1963 | 2,872 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1964 | 3,644 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1965 | 3,227 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1966 | 3,228 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,026 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 1968 | 3,852 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1969 | 3,526 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1970 | 3,566 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 3,982 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1972 | 4,202 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1973 | 3,785 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1974 | 4,637 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 1975 | 3,959 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1976 | 4,392 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1977 | 3,621 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1978 | 4,589 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1979 | 4,914 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1980 | 4,363 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1981 | 4,703 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 4,916 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1983 | 4,892 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 6,262 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1985 | 5,669 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1986 | 5,098 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1987 | 4,846 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1988 | 6,018 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1989 | 6,574 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1990 | 5,638 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1991 | 5,947 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1992 | 5,511 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 5,938 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1994 | 5,492 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1995 | 5,980 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1996 | 6,615 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 5,979 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 6,181 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 5,261 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2000 | 5,948 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2001 | 5,512 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2002 | 5,634 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 5,055 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2004 | 6,118 kg/ha | +21.0% |
| 2005 | 5,732 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2006 | 5,813 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 5,980 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 6,001 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 6,021 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 5,749 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 6,295 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 5,776 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2013 | 5,383 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2014 | 6,349 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2015 | 5,988 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 4,370 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 2017 | 6,094 kg/ha | +39.4% |
| 2018 | 5,830 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 5,751 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 6,219 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 5,140 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2022 | 5,466 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2023 | 5,140 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 3,669 kg/ha | -28.6% |
Switzerland compared with similar countries
- Switzerland's 3,669 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 76% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Switzerland's 3,669 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,432 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,439 kg/ha | 2,713 kg/ha | 4,026 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,165 kg/ha | 3,566 kg/ha | 4,914 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,334 kg/ha | 4,363 kg/ha | 6,574 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,854 kg/ha | 5,261 kg/ha | 6,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,781 kg/ha | 5,055 kg/ha | 6,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,759 kg/ha | 4,370 kg/ha | 6,349 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,126 kg/ha | 3,669 kg/ha | 6,219 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 46 Belarus 3,819 kg/ha compare
- 47 South Africa 3,809 kg/ha compare
- 48 Bangladesh 3,761 kg/ha compare
- 50 Italy 3,660 kg/ha compare
- 51 Spain 3,654 kg/ha compare
- 52 Serbia and Montenegro 3,563 kg/ha compare
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 — yield in Switzerland?
- Wheat — yield in Switzerland was 3,669 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,615 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,713 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Switzerland rank for wheat — yield?
- Switzerland ranks 49th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 42.2%. 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 Wheat — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.