Cherries — Area harvested in China
China: Cherries — Area harvested was 8,656 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cherries — Area harvested in China, 1996–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cherries — area harvested in China stood at 8,656 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in China peaked at 8,802 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,000 ha, in 1996.
That places China 11th out of 71 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Cherries — Area harvested in China, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1997 | 1,500 ha | +50.0% |
| 1998 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1999 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 3,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 2002 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 2004 | 3,900 ha | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 4,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 2006 | 5,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 2008 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 2009 | 7,000 ha | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 7,037 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 7,315 ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 7,502 ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 7,871 ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 8,233 ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 8,719 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 8,275 ha | -5.1% |
| 2017 | 8,703 ha | +5.2% |
| 2018 | 8,566 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 8,514 ha | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 8,802 ha | +3.4% |
| 2021 | 8,627 ha | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 8,648 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 8,693 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 8,656 ha | -0.4% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 8,656 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,088 ha, 4.1× the median. (20 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Area harvested in China changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +50.0% | 1,000 ha | 1,500 ha |
| 2001 | +50.0% | 2,000 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,625 ha | 1,000 ha | 2,000 ha | 4 |
| 2000s | 4,410 ha | 2,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,074 ha | 7,037 ha | 8,719 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,685 ha | 8,627 ha | 8,802 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China
- 8 Russian Federation 10,460 ha compare
- 9 Bulgaria 10,210 ha compare
- 10 Poland 9,500 ha compare
- 11 China, mainland 8,656 ha compare
- 13 Czechoslovakia 8,250 ha
- 14 North Macedonia 7,663 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — area harvested in China?
- Cherries — area harvested in China was 8,656 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in China?
- The highest recorded value was 8,802 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,000 ha in 1996.
- How does China rank for cherries — area harvested?
- China ranks 11th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cherries — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.