China vs Western Europe: Cherries — Area harvested
Cherries — Area harvested over time
- China
- Western Europe
How they compare
Western Europe currently reports 14,129 ha against 8,656 ha in China, a difference of 5,473 ha.
That makes Western Europe's figure about 1.6 times China's.
Across all 29 years both countries report, Western Europe has been ahead every year.
China ranks 11th and Western Europe ranks 15th of 71 countries.
Western Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,625 ha | 21,752 ha | 20,128 ha | Western Europe |
| 2000s | 4,410 ha | 20,624 ha | 16,214 ha | Western Europe |
| 2010s | 8,074 ha | 16,395 ha | 8,321 ha | Western Europe |
| 2020s | 8,685 ha | 14,749 ha | 6,064 ha | Western Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cherries — area harvested, China or Western Europe?
- Western Europe, at 14,129 ha against 8,656 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cherries — area harvested between China and Western Europe?
- 5,473 ha, with Western Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Europe?
- 29 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2024.
- How do China and Western Europe rank globally for cherries — area harvested?
- China ranks 11th and Western Europe ranks 15th of 71 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Cherries — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.