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Europe > Switzerland > Agriculture

SWISS AGRICULTURE STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Agricultural growth 96 [112nd of 149]
Agricultural land > % of land area 38.12 % of land area Time series [44th of 198]
Agricultural land > sq. km 15,250 sq. km Time series [54th of 198]
Agricultural machinery > tractors 107,827 Time series [38th of 190]
Arable and permanent cropland 437 thousand hectares [127th of 148]
Arable land > % of land area 10.25 % of land area Time series [53rd of 199]
Arable land > hectares 410,000 hectares Time series [59th of 199]
Cereal production 96 thousand metric tons [112nd of 149]
Cereal yield > kg per hectare 6,197.1 kg/ha Time series [12th of 171]
Cotton exports 0 thousand bales [72nd of 109]
Cotton production 0 [77th of 109]
Crop production index 94.2 % Time series [159th of 182]
Fertilizer use 233.4 kg [12th of 138]
Food production index 99.6 % Time series [142nd of 182]
Labor share 4.1% [135th of 149]
Meat production 429 thousand metric tons [56th of 149]
Products
grains, fruits, vegetables; meat, eggs
Tractor concentration 256.3 [4th of 147]
Tractors 112,000 [37th of 147]
value added > annual % growth -8.54 % Time series [150th of 164]

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SOURCES: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001; World Development Indicators database; World Resources Institute; United States Department of Agriculture; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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