25.11.2021 - New statistical information

Press conference - Swiss land use statistics 2013/18: New results for Switzerland

Switzerland's settlement and urban areas have expanded by a further 181 km2 in the last ten years, which is twice the area of Lake Zurich. Compared with previous decades, however, settlement growth has slowed down slightly. Forests have also expanded, but only in the mountains. Like settlements, they have grown primarily at the expense of agricultural area. In the high mountain regions, glaciers have continued to shrink unabatedly.

Theme	Territory and environment

Attributed documents

25.11.2021

Land use statistics: New results for whole of Switzerland
Settlements continue to grow, but at a slower pace
Federal Statistical Office

Land use in Switzerland
Results of the Swiss land use statistics 2018

Federal Statistical Office, Neuchâtel 2021, 36 pages

FSO number 002-1804

Published on 25.11.2021

Swiss Land Use Statistics: standard nomenclature (NOAS04) by major region and canton, in hectares
Observation period: 1975-1985, 1992-1997, 2004-2009, 2013-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 14.01.2022

Agricultural areas
Observation period: 2013-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland / Biogeografische Regionen (6)
Agricultural areas
Observation period: 1979-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland
Biogeographic regions of Switzerland and their surface area
Observation period: 2013-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland / Biogeografische Regionen (6)
Industrial and commercial areas
Observation period: 1979-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland
Lost agricultural areas: main newly emerged uses
Observation period: 1979-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland
Main newly emerged uses
Observation period: 1979-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland
Settlement and urban areas
Observation period: 2013-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland / Biogeografische Regionen (6)
Settlement and urban areas
Observation period: 1979-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland
Share of single and two-family houses
Observation period: 1979-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland
Unproductive areas
Observation period: 1979-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland
Unproductive areas
Observation period: 2013-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland / Biogeografische Regionen (6)
Wooded areas
Observation period: 2013-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland / Biogeografische Regionen (6)
Wooded areas
Observation period: 1979-2018

Federal Statistical Office

Published on 25.11.2021

Spatial division: Switzerland