Cherries — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Cherries — Area harvested was 239 ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cherries — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cherries — area harvested in Cyprus is 239 ha, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 3.9% on the previous year and up 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 589 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 162 ha, in 2008.
That places Cyprus 56th out of 71 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Cherries — Area harvested in Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 333 ha | — |
| 1962 | 352 ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 379 ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 387 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 400 ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 427 ha | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 453 ha | +6.1% |
| 1968 | 493 ha | +8.8% |
| 1969 | 495 ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 533 ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 535 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 535 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 562 ha | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 562 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 562 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 582 ha | +3.6% |
| 1977 | 589 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 375 ha | -36.3% |
| 1979 | 388 ha | +3.5% |
| 1980 | 388 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 401 ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 415 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 415 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 415 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 334 ha | -19.5% |
| 1986 | 334 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 334 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 340 ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 340 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 335 ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 350 ha | +4.5% |
| 1992 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 360 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 300 ha | -16.7% |
| 1995 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 290 ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 265 ha | -8.6% |
| 1998 | 265 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 270 ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 260 ha | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 265 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 265 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 237 ha | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 224 ha | -5.5% |
| 2005 | 235 ha | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 270 ha | +14.9% |
| 2007 | 232 ha | -14.1% |
| 2008 | 162 ha | -30.2% |
| 2009 | 321 ha | +98.1% |
| 2010 | 249 ha | -22.4% |
| 2011 | 244 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 221 ha | -9.4% |
| 2013 | 225 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 203 ha | -9.8% |
| 2015 | 222 ha | +9.4% |
| 2016 | 212 ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 227 ha | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 221 ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 226 ha | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 227 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 223 ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 230 ha | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 239 ha | +3.9% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 239 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 850 ha, 28% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 239 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,073 ha, 22% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Area harvested in Cyprus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +98.1% | 162 ha | 321 ha |
| 1978 | -36.3% | 589 ha | 375 ha |
| 2008 | -30.2% | 232 ha | 162 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 413.22 ha | 333 ha | 495 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 522.3 ha | 375 ha | 589 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 371.6 ha | 334 ha | 415 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 309.5 ha | 265 ha | 360 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 247.1 ha | 162 ha | 321 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 225 ha | 203 ha | 249 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 229.75 ha | 223 ha | 239 ha | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Cherries — area harvested in Cyprus was 239 ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 589 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 162 ha in 2008.
- How does Cyprus rank for cherries — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 56th out of 71 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.