Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS in Switzerland

Switzerland: Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS was 451.41 1000 ha in 2019. ▬ Flat

Latest (2019)
451.41 1000 ha
Change on year
down 0.0%
World rank
116th
of 194 countries
All-time high
451.97 1000 ha
in 2015
All-time low
451.41 1000 ha
in 2019
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS in Switzerland, 2015–2019

01002003004005002015201720192015: 452 1000 ha2016: 451.9 1000 ha2017: 451.7 1000 ha2018: 451.5 1000 ha2019: 451.4 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2019, herbaceous crops — area from cgls in Switzerland stood at 451.41 1000 ha. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% over five years.

Switzerland ranks 116th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS in Switzerland, year by year

Annual values for Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS in Switzerland, 2015 to 2019.
Year 1000 ha Change
2015 451.97 1000 ha —
2016 451.86 1000 ha -0.0%
2017 451.73 1000 ha -0.0%
2018 451.51 1000 ha -0.0%
2019 451.41 1000 ha -0.0%

Switzerland compared with similar countries

  • Switzerland's 451.41 1000 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 497.51 1000 ha, 91% of the median. (65 countries reporting)
  • Switzerland's 451.41 1000 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,596 1000 ha, 28% of the median. (49 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Switzerland

  1. 113 Eswatini 494.86 1000 ha compare
  2. 114 North Macedonia 484.63 1000 ha compare
  3. 115 Albania 471.53 1000 ha compare
  4. 117 South Sudan 421.23 1000 ha compare
  5. 118 Jordan 401.13 1000 ha compare
  6. 119 Gambia 399.88 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is herbaceous crops — area from cgls in Switzerland?
Herbaceous crops — area from cgls in Switzerland was 451.41 1000 ha in 2019, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest herbaceous crops — area from cgls recorded in Switzerland?
The highest recorded value was 451.97 1000 ha in 2015.
What is the lowest herbaceous crops — area from cgls recorded in Switzerland?
The lowest recorded value was 451.41 1000 ha in 2019.
How does Switzerland rank for herbaceous crops — area from cgls?
Switzerland ranks 116th out of 194 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Switzerland data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Herbaceous crops — Area from CGLS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
238 places, 1,190 data points, 2015–2019
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The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.