Switzerland - Cereal yield

Cereal yield (kg per hectare)

The value for Cereal yield (kg per hectare) in Switzerland was 6,084 as of 2010. As the graph below shows, over the past 49 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 6,880 in 1996 and a minimum value of 2,873 in 1961.

Definition: Cereal yield, measured as kilograms per hectare of harvested land, includes wheat, rice, maize, barley, oats, rye, millet, sorghum, buckwheat, and mixed grains. 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 and those used for grazing are excluded.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1961 2,873
1962 3,777
1963 2,936
1964 3,627
1965 3,212
1966 3,306
1967 3,983
1968 3,852
1969 3,651
1970 3,692
1971 4,283
1972 4,080
1973 4,198
1974 4,767
1975 4,257
1976 4,530
1977 4,004
1978 4,816
1979 5,078
1980 4,624
1981 4,948
1982 5,280
1983 5,071
1984 6,163
1985 5,721
1986 5,091
1987 5,043
1988 6,329
1989 6,781
1990 5,984
1991 6,293
1992 6,028
1993 6,404
1994 5,978
1995 6,278
1996 6,880
1997 6,579
1998 6,774
1999 5,791
2000 6,601
2001 6,161
2002 6,431
2003 5,087
2004 6,732
2005 6,300
2006 6,156
2007 6,422
2008 6,416
2009 6,580
2010 6,084

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Agricultural production