Agricultural support estimate in Switzerland
Switzerland: Agricultural support estimate was 1.3% in 2015. ▼ Falling
Agricultural support estimate in Switzerland, 1990–2015
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Producer and Consumer Support Estimates database. Available online at www.oecd.org/tad/support/psecse. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
In 2015, agricultural support estimate in Switzerland stood at 1.3%.
The figure is up 10.4% on the previous year and down 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, agricultural support estimate in Switzerland peaked at 3.6% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.0%, in 2013.
That places Switzerland 7th out of 22 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Agricultural support estimate in Switzerland, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 3.6% | — |
| 1991 | 3.6% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 3.2% | -9.6% |
| 1993 | 3.4% | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 3.1% | -8.6% |
| 1995 | 2.7% | -11.7% |
| 1996 | 3.0% | +8.4% |
| 1997 | 2.8% | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 2.8% | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 2.7% | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 2.2% | -19.3% |
| 2001 | 2.0% | -11.3% |
| 2002 | 2.0% | +4.6% |
| 2003 | 1.9% | -7.3% |
| 2004 | 1.9% | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 1.6% | -11.8% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | -5.5% |
| 2007 | 1.2% | -24.5% |
| 2008 | 1.2% | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 1.3% | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | -15.9% |
| 2011 | 1.1% | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 1.0% | -8.0% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | +11.7% |
| 2015 | 1.3% | +10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.1% | 2.7% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
- 4 Republic of Korea 1.7% compare
- 5 Kazakhstan 1.4% compare
- 6 Colombia 1.4% compare
- 8 Iceland 1.2% compare
- 9 Japan 1.0% compare
- 10 Russian Federation 0.9% compare
More development goals data for Switzerland
- Red List Index 0.9576 (2025)
- Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 0.1227 (2025)
- Manufacturing value added per capita 18,410 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds 20 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 20 (2025)
- Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 3 (2025)
- Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 1 (2025)
- Number of local breeds (not extinct) 28 (2025)
- Number of local breeds kept in the country 32 (2025)
- Infant deaths 285 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is agricultural support estimate in Switzerland?
- Agricultural support estimate in Switzerland was 1.3% in 2015, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Producer and Consumer Support Estimates database. Available online at www.oecd.org/tad/support/psecse.
- What is the highest agricultural support estimate recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 1990.
- What is the lowest agricultural support estimate recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.0% in 2013.
- How does Switzerland rank for agricultural support estimate?
- Switzerland ranks 7th out of 22 countries with data for 2015.
- Is agricultural support estimate rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Producer and Consumer Support Estimates database. Available online at www.oecd.org/tad/support/psecse, published as part of Agricultural support estimate (% of GDP). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Agriculture support is the annual monetary value of all gross transfers from taxpayers and consumers, both domestic and foreign (in the form of subsidies arising from policy measures that support agriculture), net of the associated budgetary receipts, regardless of their objectives and impacts on farm production and income, or consumption of farm products.