What is the highest arable land recorded in Switzerland?

The highest recorded value was 0.0729 hectares per person in 1961.

What is the lowest arable land recorded in Switzerland?

The lowest recorded value was 0.0446 hectares per person in 2023.

How does Switzerland rank for arable land?

Switzerland ranks 152nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.

Is arable land rising or falling in Switzerland?

Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Arable land in Switzerland

Name: Arable land in Switzerland
Creator: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Switzerland: Arable land was 0.0446 hectares per person in 2023. ▼ Falling

Latest (2023)

0.0446 hectares per person

Change on year

down 1.3%

World rank

152nd

of 206 countries

All-time high

0.0729 hectares per person

in 1961

All-time low

0.0446 hectares per person

in 2023

Years of data

1961–2023

Arable land in Switzerland, 1961–2023

Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Measured in hectares per person.

Analysis

The most recent figure for arable land in Switzerland is 0.0446 hectares per person, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.3% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, arable land in Switzerland peaked at 0.0729 hectares per person in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0.0446 hectares per person, in 2023.

That places Switzerland 152nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	0.0649 hectares per person	0.0587 hectares per person	0.0729 hectares per person	9
1970s	0.0583 hectares per person	0.0574 hectares per person	0.0599 hectares per person	10
1980s	0.0614 hectares per person	0.0602 hectares per person	0.0625 hectares per person	10
1990s	0.0591 hectares per person	0.0574 hectares per person	0.06 hectares per person	10
2000s	0.0547 hectares per person	0.0523 hectares per person	0.0568 hectares per person	10
2010s	0.0488 hectares per person	0.0465 hectares per person	0.0516 hectares per person	10
2020s	0.0454 hectares per person	0.0446 hectares per person	0.0463 hectares per person	4

Countries ranked near Switzerland

149 Colombia 0.0487 hectares per person compare
150 Philippines 0.0487 hectares per person compare
151 Bangladesh 0.046 hectares per person compare
153 Liechtenstein 0.0434 hectares per person compare
154 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0429 hectares per person compare
155 Jamaica 0.0423 hectares per person compare

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More agriculture & rural data for Switzerland

Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2024)
Rural population 14.3% (2025)
Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
Rural population 1.30 million (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 0.6% (2025)
Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.73 billion current US$ (2025)
Land under cereal production 141,863 hectares (2023)
Cereal yield 5,706 kg per hectare (2023)
Cereal production 809,466 metric tons (2023)

All data for Switzerland →

Frequently asked questions

What is arable land in Switzerland?: Arable land in Switzerland was 0.0446 hectares per person in 2023, according to FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
What is the highest arable land recorded in Switzerland?: The highest recorded value was 0.0729 hectares per person in 1961.
What is the lowest arable land recorded in Switzerland?: The lowest recorded value was 0.0446 hectares per person in 2023.
How does Switzerland rank for arable land?: Switzerland ranks 152nd out of 206 countries with data for 2023.
Is arable land rising or falling in Switzerland?: Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Switzerland data come from?: The figures come from FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), published as part of Arable land (hectares per person). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Arable land (hectares per person)
Unit: hectares per person
Source: FAO electronic files and web site, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 253 places, 14,649 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.