Agriculture and forestry

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Food and Agriculture - Pocket Statistics:

The pocket statistics provide concise data, facts and figures on Swiss agriculture, on the food production chain and on food.

Forestry in Switzerland - Pocket Statistics

The pocket statistics provide concise data, facts and figures on Swiss forestry.

The main figures

The primary sector comprises agriculture, forestry as well as fishing and fish farming.

Primary sector
Establishments		Employees
Agriculture (STRU 2017)	51 620	153 864
Forestry and forestry services (STATENT 2015)	1 398	6 283
Fishing and fish farming (STATENT 2015)	194	506

Sources: FSO - Farm structure survey STRU, Structural Business Statistic STATENT

Further information

All publications on the topic Agriculture and forestry

All press releases on the topic Agriculture and forestry

On this topic

Farming

Overview page on statistical data on agriculture.

Economic and satellite accounts for the primary sector

Overview page on statistical data on primary sector.

Hunting, fishing and fish farming

Overview page on statistical data on hunting and fishing.

Food

Overview page on statistical data on the food supply chain.

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Contact

Federal Statistical Office Sections Environment, Sustainable Development, Territory and Economic Structure and Analyses
Espace de l'Europe 10
CH-2010 Neuchâtel
Switzerland

Tel.: +41 58 463 62 66

9.00–11.30 and 14.00–16.00
Monday to Friday

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Our English pages offer only a limited range of information on our statistical production. For our full range please consult our pages in French and German (top right hand screen).

https://www.bfs.admin.ch/content/bfs/en/home/statistics/agriculture-forestry.html

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