Cereal yield in Switzerland

Cereal farms in Switzerland harvested 4,584 kg per hectare in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1977.

Measure: Cereal yield Unit: Kilograms per hectare Data: 1961 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Switzerland, 2024 4,584 Kilograms per hectare
Change from 2023 −19.7% 2023: 5,706 kg per hectare
World, 2023 4,229 kg per hectare Official aggregate Not the same period as Switzerland (2024).
Median of OECD (38 countries), 2024 5,225 kg per hectare Middle value of 38 countries
Position in 2024 50th of 176 See the full ranking

Cereal yield in Switzerland over time

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Kilograms per hectare. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cereal yield (kilograms per hectare), 2000 to 2024
Period SwitzerlandWorld
2024 4,584 kg per hectare –
2023 5,706 kg per hectare 4,229 kg per hectare
2022 6,081 kg per hectare 4,186 kg per hectare
2021 5,516 kg per hectare 4,176 kg per hectare
2020 6,978 kg per hectare 4,118 kg per hectare
2019 6,581 kg per hectare 4,122 kg per hectare
2018 6,332 kg per hectare 4,022 kg per hectare
2017 6,800 kg per hectare 4,067 kg per hectare
2016 5,155 kg per hectare 4,018 kg per hectare
2015 6,432 kg per hectare 3,932 kg per hectare
2014 7,045 kg per hectare 3,893 kg per hectare
2013 5,946 kg per hectare 3,830 kg per hectare
2012 6,464 kg per hectare 3,612 kg per hectare
2011 6,875 kg per hectare 3,656 kg per hectare
2010 6,094 kg per hectare 3,563 kg per hectare
2009 6,578 kg per hectare 3,558 kg per hectare
2008 6,413 kg per hectare 3,545 kg per hectare
2007 6,419 kg per hectare 3,371 kg per hectare
2006 6,165 kg per hectare 3,281 kg per hectare
2005 6,300 kg per hectare 3,276 kg per hectare
2004 6,733 kg per hectare 3,359 kg per hectare
2003 5,087 kg per hectare 3,119 kg per hectare
2002 6,270 kg per hectare 3,076 kg per hectare
2001 6,012 kg per hectare 3,133 kg per hectare
2000 6,402 kg per hectare 3,061 kg per hectare

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −19.7% from 5,706 kg per hectare in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7,045 kg per hectare, the figure has changed by −34.9%.
  • Among the 176 countries with data for 2024, Switzerland has the 50th highest value.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.YLD.CREL.KG · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1961 to 2024 for Switzerland
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)