Environment in Switzerland

4,088 indicators covering environment for Switzerland.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Production 42,629 t 2024 down 3.8% 40th
Pesticides (total) — Use per area of cropland 4.94 kg/ha 2024 down 5.9% 59th
Pesticides (total) — Import quantity 23,518 t 2024 up 16.0% 68th
Pesticides (total) — Export quantity 7,787 t 2024 down 83.4% 50th
Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -3.7% 2024 up 67.6% 153rd
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -24.6% 2024 down 185.5% 168th
Nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF -19.3% 2024 up 8.6% 175th
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF -20.3% 2024 down 182.8% 171st
Coal rents 0.0% 2021 — 71st
Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre 12.09 m3 per square kilometre 2023 down 47.8% 20th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, per square 0.0049 t per square kilometre 2023 down 67.4% 70th
Pesticides (total) — Agricultural Use 2,093 t 2024 down 6.3% 85th
Insecticides — Agricultural Use 355 t 2024 up 1.7% 83rd
Fungicides and Bactericides — Agricultural Use 1,004 t 2024 down 3.2% 67th
Herbicides — Agricultural Use 589 t 2024 down 19.6% 85th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Production 0 t 2024 — 58th
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per capita 0.0012 Square kilometres per person 2023 down 11.1% 91st
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per square kilometre 0.2712 Square kilometres per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% 51st
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N) 3.84 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.2% 43rd
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N) 0.0171 kg per person 2023 down 19.2% 70th
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils (N content), per capita 0.0854 kg per person 2023 down 19.2% 70th
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils (N content), per square 19.21 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.2% 43rd
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) 5.76 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.2% 43rd
Sheep and Goats — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per 0.0863 kg per person 2023 down 19.2% 70th
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) 0.0256 kg per person 2023 down 19.2% 70th
Sheep and Goats — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per 19.42 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 11.2% 43rd
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) 0.2075 kg per person 2023 down 18.7% 122nd
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N) 0.1383 kg per person 2023 down 18.7% 122nd
Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per square kilometre 11.23 An per square kilometre 2023 down 10.8% 94th
Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per capita 0.0499 An per person 2023 down 18.8% 123rd
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per square 175 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.7% 93rd
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per capita 0.7779 kg per person 2023 down 18.7% 119th
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture (N content), per square 155.58 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.6% 94th
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture (N content), per capita 0.6915 kg per person 2023 down 18.7% 122nd
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N) 31.12 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.6% 94th
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) 46.67 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 10.6% 94th
Nutrient phosphate P2O5 (total) — Export quantity, annual growth rate -75.26 % change on previous year 2024 down 673.3% 104th
Rodenticides — Agricultural Use 0 t 2024 — 78th
Plant Growth Regulators — Agricultural Use 27 t 2024 down 15.6% 57th
Other Pesticides nes — Agricultural Use 118 t 2024 up 45.7% 45th
Forest land — Share in Land area 32.02 % 2024 up 1.6% 128th
Wood pulp — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP 2024 down 46.3% 82nd
Wood pulp — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 t per US$ of GDP 2024 down 52.8% 81st
Other land — Area 1,286 1000 ha 2024 up 11.3% 127th
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that volatilises (N) 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 31.3% 109th
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture (N content), per unit of GDP 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 30.8% 150th
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils (N content), per unit of GDP 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 31.3% 109th
Sheep and Goats — Amount excreted in manure (N content), per unit of 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 30.9% 150th
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture that volatilises (N) 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 30.8% 150th
Sheep and Goats — Manure left on pasture that leaches (N content) 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 30.8% 150th
Sheep and Goats — Manure applied to soils that leaches (N content) 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 31.3% 109th
Sheep and Goats — Manure management (manure treated, N content), per 0 kg per US$ of GDP 2023 down 31.3% 109th
Sheep and Goats — Stocks, per unit of GDP 0 An per US$ of GDP 2023 down 31.0% 150th
Pesticides (total) — Use per value of agricultural production 0.57 g/Int$ 2024 up 3.6% 111th
Solid biofuels — Energy production 50,501 TJ 2024 up 21.5% 91st
Fuelwood — Energy production 48,040 TJ 2024 up 22.8% 86th
Chemical wood pulp — Export quantity 180 t 2024 up 13.9% 91st
Chemical wood pulp — Export value 447 1000 USD 2024 up 310.1% 67th
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area, per square kilometre 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.1% 73rd
Land use hidden — Permanent meadows and pastures, per unit of GDP 0 Square kilometres per US$ of GDP 2023 down 24.4% 133rd