Cherries — Area harvested in France
France: Cherries — Area harvested was 6,140 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cherries — Area harvested in France, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
France recorded 6,140 ha for cherries — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 8.1% on the previous year and down 25.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in France peaked at 19,000 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 6,140 ha, in 2024.
That places France 18th out of 71 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cherries — Area harvested in France, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,461 ha | — |
| 1962 | 14,730 ha | +1.9% |
| 1963 | 14,704 ha | -0.2% |
| 1964 | 14,177 ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 14,179 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 14,733 ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 12,058 ha | -18.2% |
| 1968 | 12,793 ha | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 14,490 ha | +13.3% |
| 1970 | 14,500 ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 14,820 ha | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 15,053 ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 15,167 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 16,361 ha | +7.9% |
| 1975 | 16,653 ha | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 16,682 ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 17,064 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 17,166 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 18,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 18,686 ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 19,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1983 | 17,500 ha | -7.9% |
| 1984 | 17,162 ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 19,000 ha | +10.7% |
| 1986 | 18,700 ha | -1.6% |
| 1987 | 18,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 18,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 16,900 ha | -6.1% |
| 1990 | 16,500 ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 13,991 ha | -15.2% |
| 1992 | 13,329 ha | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 13,388 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 13,171 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 12,911 ha | -2.0% |
| 1996 | 12,856 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 12,221 ha | -4.9% |
| 1998 | 11,993 ha | -1.9% |
| 1999 | 12,070 ha | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 12,073 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 12,034 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 12,131 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 12,155 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 12,117 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 12,098 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 11,701 ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 11,074 ha | -5.4% |
| 2008 | 10,664 ha | -3.7% |
| 2009 | 10,175 ha | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 9,458 ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 9,001 ha | -4.8% |
| 2012 | 8,591 ha | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 8,260 ha | -3.9% |
| 2014 | 8,221 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 8,153 ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 8,140 ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 8,009 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 7,350 ha | -8.2% |
| 2019 | 7,260 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 6,820 ha | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 6,810 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 6,780 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 6,680 ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 6,140 ha | -8.1% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 6,140 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 850 ha, 7.2× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- France's 6,140 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,073 ha, 5.7× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,036 ha | 12,058 ha | 14,733 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,147 ha | 14,500 ha | 18,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,165 ha | 16,900 ha | 19,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,243 ha | 11,993 ha | 16,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,622 ha | 10,175 ha | 12,155 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,244 ha | 7,260 ha | 9,458 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,646 ha | 6,140 ha | 6,820 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near France
More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — area harvested in France?
- Cherries — area harvested in France was 6,140 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 19,000 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,140 ha in 2024.
- How does France rank for cherries — area harvested?
- France ranks 18th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this France 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.