Switzerland - Arable land

Arable land (hectares)

The value for Arable land (hectares) in Switzerland was 398,139 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 422,200 in 1995 and a minimum value of 355,900 in 1970.

Definition: Arable land (in hectares) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 396,100
1962 397,700
1963 387,900
1964 383,800
1965 377,700
1966 371,000
1967 363,400
1968 359,700
1969 360,000
1970 355,900
1971 356,900
1972 363,000
1973 362,800
1974 365,400
1975 368,900
1976 369,500
1977 369,900
1978 375,300
1979 376,900
1980 381,100
1981 384,600
1982 388,900
1983 394,500
1984 402,400
1985 405,000
1986 404,100
1987 398,700
1988 402,200
1989 408,600
1990 403,700
1991 407,500
1992 406,100
1993 409,900
1994 419,200
1995 422,200
1996 420,900
1997 415,500
1998 413,300
1999 410,600
2000 408,800
2001 409,400
2002 408,300
2003 406,900
2004 406,500
2005 406,200
2006 407,000
2007 406,600
2008 406,300
2009 406,000
2010 404,500
2011 403,900
2012 403,800
2013 402,902
2014 399,442
2015 398,399
2016 398,695
2017 398,184
2018 398,139

Arable land (hectares per person)

The value for Arable land (hectares per person) in Switzerland was 0.047 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 57 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.073 in 1961 and a minimum value of 0.047 in 2018.

Definition: Arable land (hectares per person) includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 0.073
1962 0.071
1963 0.068
1964 0.066
1965 0.064
1966 0.063
1967 0.061
1968 0.059
1969 0.059
1970 0.058
1971 0.057
1972 0.058
1973 0.058
1974 0.058
1975 0.058
1976 0.059
1977 0.059
1978 0.060
1979 0.060
1980 0.060
1981 0.061
1982 0.061
1983 0.061
1984 0.062
1985 0.063
1986 0.062
1987 0.061
1988 0.061
1989 0.061
1990 0.060
1991 0.060
1992 0.059
1993 0.059
1994 0.060
1995 0.060
1996 0.060
1997 0.059
1998 0.058
1999 0.057
2000 0.057
2001 0.057
2002 0.056
2003 0.055
2004 0.055
2005 0.055
2006 0.054
2007 0.054
2008 0.053
2009 0.052
2010 0.052
2011 0.051
2012 0.050
2013 0.050
2014 0.049
2015 0.048
2016 0.048
2017 0.047
2018 0.047

Arable land (% of land area)

Arable land (% of land area) in Switzerland was 10.08 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 57 years was 10.68 in 1995, while its lowest value was 9.00 in 1970.

Definition: Arable land includes land defined by the FAO as land under temporary crops (double-cropped areas are counted once), temporary meadows for mowing or for pasture, land under market or kitchen gardens, and land temporarily fallow. Land abandoned as a result of shifting cultivation is excluded.

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

See also:

Year Value
1961 10.02
1962 10.06
1963 9.81
1964 9.71
1965 9.56
1966 9.39
1967 9.19
1968 9.10
1969 9.11
1970 9.00
1971 9.03
1972 9.18
1973 9.18
1974 9.24
1975 9.33
1976 9.35
1977 9.36
1978 9.49
1979 9.54
1980 9.64
1981 9.73
1982 9.84
1983 9.98
1984 10.18
1985 10.25
1986 10.22
1987 10.09
1988 10.17
1989 10.34
1990 10.21
1991 10.31
1992 10.27
1993 10.37
1994 10.60
1995 10.68
1996 10.65
1997 10.51
1998 10.46
1999 10.39
2000 10.34
2001 10.36
2002 10.33
2003 10.30
2004 10.29
2005 10.28
2006 10.30
2007 10.29
2008 10.28
2009 10.27
2010 10.24
2011 10.22
2012 10.22
2013 10.20
2014 10.11
2015 10.08
2016 10.09
2017 10.08
2018 10.08

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use