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Agricultural land in Switzerland

Agricultural land in Switzerland was 37.7% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 108th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

202437.7% Estimated
Change on 2023-0.1 pts
Rank108th of 224Countries ranked
Series high43.91961
Series low37.72024

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Agricultural land in Switzerland, 1961 to 2024

363840424419611971198119912001201120241961: 43.9 %1962: 43.9 %1963: 43.5 %1964: 43.3 %1965: 43.1 %1966: 42.9 %1967: 42.7 %1968: 42.7 %1969: 42.7 %1970: 42.4 %1971: 42.1 %1972: 42.1 %1973: 41.8 %1974: 41.7 %1975: 41.6 %1976: 41.6 %1977: 41.5 %1978: 41.6 %1979: 42 %1980: 41.8 %1981: 41.7 %1982: 41.6 %1983: 41.5 %1984: 41.4 %1985: 41.2 %1986: 41.1 %1987: 41 %1988: 40.9 %1989: 40.7 %1990: 40.6 %1991: 40.5 %1992: 40.4 %1993: 40.3 %1994: 40.1 %1995: 40 %1996: 39.9 %1997: 39.9 %1998: 39.8 %1999: 39.7 %2000: 39.6 %2001: 39.5 %2002: 39.5 %2003: 39.4 %2004: 39.3 %2005: 39.2 %2006: 39.2 %2007: 39.1 %2008: 39 %2009: 38.9 %2010: 38.8 %2011: 38.8 %2012: 38.7 %2013: 38.6 %2014: 38.5 %2015: 38.4 %2016: 38.3 %2017: 38.3 %2018: 38.2 %2019: 38.1 %2020: 38 %2021: 38 %2022: 37.9 %2023: 37.8 %2024: 37.7 %363840424419611983200520241961: 43.9 %1962: 43.9 %1963: 43.5 %1964: 43.3 %1965: 43.1 %1966: 42.9 %1967: 42.7 %1968: 42.7 %1969: 42.7 %1970: 42.4 %1971: 42.1 %1972: 42.1 %1973: 41.8 %1974: 41.7 %1975: 41.6 %1976: 41.6 %1977: 41.5 %1978: 41.6 %1979: 42 %1980: 41.8 %1981: 41.7 %1982: 41.6 %1983: 41.5 %1984: 41.4 %1985: 41.2 %1986: 41.1 %1987: 41 %1988: 40.9 %1989: 40.7 %1990: 40.6 %1991: 40.5 %1992: 40.4 %1993: 40.3 %1994: 40.1 %1995: 40 %1996: 39.9 %1997: 39.9 %1998: 39.8 %1999: 39.7 %2000: 39.6 %2001: 39.5 %2002: 39.5 %2003: 39.4 %2004: 39.3 %2005: 39.2 %2006: 39.2 %2007: 39.1 %2008: 39 %2009: 38.9 %2010: 38.8 %2011: 38.8 %2012: 38.7 %2013: 38.6 %2014: 38.5 %2015: 38.4 %2016: 38.3 %2017: 38.3 %2018: 38.2 %2019: 38.1 %2020: 38 %2021: 38 %2022: 37.9 %2023: 37.8 %2024: 37.7 %
%. Source: FAOSTAT, Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-10-02.
All 64 values
Period%
202437.7 Estimated
202337.8 Estimated
202237.9 Estimated
202138 Estimated
202038 Estimated
201938.1 Estimated
201838.2 Estimated
201738.3 Estimated
201638.3 Estimated
201538.4 Estimated
201438.5 Estimated
201338.6 Estimated
201238.7 Estimated
201138.8 Estimated
201038.8 Estimated
200938.9 Estimated
200839 Estimated
200739.1 Estimated
200639.2 Estimated
200539.2 Estimated
200439.3 Estimated
200339.4 Estimated
200239.5 Estimated
200139.5 Estimated
200039.6 Estimated
199939.7 Estimated
199839.8 Estimated
199739.9 Estimated
199639.9 Estimated
199540 Estimated
199440.1 Estimated
199340.3 Estimated
199240.4 Estimated
199140.5 Estimated
199040.6 Estimated
198940.7 Estimated
198840.9 Estimated
198741 Estimated
198641.1 Estimated
198541.2 Estimated
198441.4 Estimated
198341.5 Estimated
198241.6 Estimated
198141.7 Estimated
198041.8 Estimated
197942 Estimated
197841.6 Estimated
197741.5 Estimated
197641.6 Estimated
197541.6 Estimated
197441.7 Estimated
197341.8 Estimated
197242.1 Estimated
197142.1 Estimated
197042.4 Estimated
196942.7 Estimated
196842.7 Estimated
196742.7 Estimated
196642.9 Estimated
196543.1 Estimated
196443.3 Estimated
196343.5 Estimated
196243.9 Estimated
196143.9 Estimated

Switzerland compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 5.6 %Afghanistan: 58.4 %Antigua and Barbuda: 21.1 %Albania: 41.1 %Armenia: 59.4 %Angola: 36.3 %Argentina: 45.8 %Austria: 31.1 %Australia: 47.3 %Azerbaijan: 57.8 %Bosnia and Herzegovina: 22.4 %Bangladesh: 72.2 %Belgium: 44.4 %Burkina Faso: 62.6 %Bulgaria: 46.2 %Burundi: 74.2 %Benin: 43.1 %Brunei: 2.9 %Bolivia: 36.1 %Brazil: 28.4 %Bahamas: 1.3 %Bhutan: 13.8 %Botswana: 45.6 %Belarus: 39.1 %Belize: 8.2 %Canada: 6.5 %Democratic Republic of the Congo: 16.2 %Central African Republic: 9.3 %Republic of the Congo: 31.2 %Switzerland: 37.7 %Côte d’Ivoire: 83.9 %Chile: 14.4 %Cameroon: 21.1 %China: 41.7 %Colombia: 36.5 %Costa Rica: 31.4 %Cuba: 61.7 %Cape Verde: 24.8 %Cyprus: 13.6 %Czechia: 45.8 %Germany: 47.4 %Djibouti: 73.5 %Denmark: 65.1 %Dominican Republic: 51.5 %Algeria: 17.4 %Ecuador: 20.3 %Estonia: 23 %Egypt: 4.3 %Western Sahara: 18.8 %Eritrea: 62.8 %Spain: 49.3 %Ethiopia: 34.3 %Finland: 7.4 %Fiji: 17 %Falkland Islands: 93.2 %Faroe Islands: 70.1 %France: 52.8 %Gabon: 6.9 %United Kingdom: 69.2 %Georgia: 33.7 %Ghana: 55.4 %Greenland: 0.6 %Gambia: 76.1 %Guinea: 73.2 %Equatorial Guinea: 3.4 %Greece: 38.9 %Guatemala: 46 %Guinea-Bissau: 31.4 %Guyana: 3.4 %Hong Kong: 3.8 %Honduras: 28.5 %Croatia: 26.2 %Haiti: 65.1 %Hungary: 55.5 %Indonesia: 28.9 %Ireland: 65.2 %Israel: 23.8 %Isle of Man: 68.3 %India: 59.9 %Iraq: 21.7 %Iran: 29 %Iceland: 16.3 %Italy: 43.6 %Jamaica: 39.1 %Jordan: 11.6 %Japan: 12.6 %Kenya: 50 %Kyrgyzstan: 54 %Cambodia: 34.7 %Kiribati: 41.9 %North Korea: 21.6 %South Korea: 16 %Kuwait: 8.4 %Cayman Islands: 11.3 %Kazakhstan: 79.2 %Laos: 9.5 %Lebanon: 63.7 %Sri Lanka: 48.8 %Liberia: 20.1 %Lesotho: 92.9 %Lithuania: 45.7 %Luxembourg: 51.7 %Latvia: 31.7 %Libya: 8.7 %Morocco: 67.2 %Moldova: 73.2 %Montenegro: 18.5 %Madagascar: 70.4 %North Macedonia: 49.2 %Mali: 34.2 %Myanmar: 19.9 %Mongolia: 68.8 %Mauritania: 38.5 %Mauritius: 40.9 %Malawi: 65 %Mexico: 50.6 %Malaysia: 24.8 %Mozambique: 56.1 %Namibia: 47.1 %New Caledonia: 9.8 %Niger: 36.8 %Nigeria: 77.1 %Netherlands: 53.4 %Norway: 2.7 %Nepal: 26.1 %New Zealand: 36.8 %Oman: 4.8 %Panama: 23.1 %Peru: 19 %French Polynesia: 8.1 %Papua New Guinea: 3.1 %Philippines: 42.8 %Pakistan: 47.2 %Poland: 46.2 %Puerto Rico: 18.5 %Palestine: 64.9 %Portugal: 41.3 %Palau: 9.4 %Paraguay: 54.1 %Qatar: 6.4 %Romania: 55.2 %Serbia: 38.1 %Russia: 13.2 %Rwanda: 75.7 %Saudi Arabia: 81.7 %Solomon Islands: 4.1 %Sudan: 60.3 %Sweden: 7.3 %Singapore: 0.9 %Slovenia: 30.4 %Slovakia: 37.8 %Sierra Leone: 55.2 %Senegal: 49.4 %Somalia: 70.3 %Suriname: 0.5 %South Sudan: 44.7 %El Salvador: 57.3 %Syria: 74.1 %Eswatini: 69.6 %Chad: 40 %Togo: 69.1 %Thailand: 43.3 %Tajikistan: 28 %Timor-Leste: 23 %Turkmenistan: 84.3 %Tunisia: 62.1 %Türkiye: 50.2 %Trinidad and Tobago: 11.6 %Taiwan: 21.9 %Tanzania: 45.1 %Ukraine: 71.3 %Uganda: 80.3 %United States: 46.1 %Uruguay: 87.4 %Uzbekistan: 59 %Venezuela: 24.4 %Vietnam: 39.2 %Vanuatu: 13.3 %Samoa: 17.8 %Yemen: 44.4 %South Africa: 79.4 %Zambia: 32.1 %Zimbabwe: 48.1 %
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Agricultural land, 2024, %. Switzerland is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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Definition

Agricultural land as a share of land area: cropland (arable land and permanent crops) plus permanent meadows and pastures. Land area excludes inland waters. FAOSTAT land use domain, element "Share in Land area".

Many countries report land use rarely, so FAO often carries the last figure forward and recent years can repeat earlier ones. This is the FAO series the World Bank republishes as AG.LND.AGRI.ZS. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.

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FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209) (Agricultural land, Switzerland, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Switzerland, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2 Oct. 2026, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/switzerland. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2026. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Agricultural land, Switzerland, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/switzerland.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2026) Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209), Agricultural land, Switzerland, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Inputs_LandUse_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/agricultural-land-share/switzerland (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  title = {{Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, \% (item 6610, element 7209): Agricultural land, Switzerland, 1961 to 2024}},
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}
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What is the agricultural land in Switzerland?

Agricultural land in Switzerland was 37.7% in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is down 0.1 pts from 2023. That is the 108th highest of 224 countries in 2024.

Where does this figure come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Land, Inputs and Sustainability: Land Use (RL): Agricultural land, share in land area, % (item 6610, element 7209). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest agricultural land in Switzerland?

43.9% in 1961, the highest value since 1961 in this series.

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