Cherries — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Cherries — Area harvested was 16,140 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cherries — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cherries — area harvested in Greece is 16,140 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Greece peaked at 20,550 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 4,000 ha, in 1981.
That places Greece 6th out of 71 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cherries — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 4,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 4,500 ha | -6.2% |
| 1970 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 4,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 4,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 4,100 ha | -6.8% |
| 1976 | 4,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 1982 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 5,400 ha | +28.6% |
| 1984 | 4,800 ha | -11.1% |
| 1985 | 6,860 ha | +42.9% |
| 1986 | 6,770 ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 7,020 ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 7,470 ha | +6.4% |
| 1989 | 8,240 ha | +10.3% |
| 1990 | 8,460 ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 9,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1992 | 9,215 ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 8,148 ha | -11.6% |
| 1994 | 8,191 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 8,269 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 8,528 ha | +3.1% |
| 1997 | 8,608 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 8,704 ha | +1.1% |
| 1999 | 8,960 ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 9,190 ha | +2.6% |
| 2001 | 9,216 ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 9,353 ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 9,392 ha | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 9,487 ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 9,391 ha | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 9,591 ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 9,654 ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 9,909 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 10,297 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 10,458 ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 10,610 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 10,864 ha | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 11,395 ha | +4.9% |
| 2014 | 13,449 ha | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 14,206 ha | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 14,887 ha | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 15,308 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 16,050 ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 16,100 ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 20,550 ha | +27.6% |
| 2021 | 16,790 ha | -18.3% |
| 2022 | 16,830 ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 16,460 ha | -2.2% |
| 2024 | 16,140 ha | -1.9% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 16,140 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 850 ha, 19.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Greece's 16,140 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,073 ha, 15.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Area harvested in Greece 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +42.9% | 4,800 ha | 6,860 ha |
| 1983 | +28.6% | 4,200 ha | 5,400 ha |
| 2020 | +27.6% | 16,100 ha | 20,550 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,767 ha | 4,500 ha | 4,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,260 ha | 4,100 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,886 ha | 4,000 ha | 8,240 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,608 ha | 8,148 ha | 9,215 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,548 ha | 9,190 ha | 10,297 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,333 ha | 10,458 ha | 16,100 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,354 ha | 16,140 ha | 20,550 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
- 3 Spain 28,920 ha compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 30,358 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,484 ha compare
- 4 Italy 28,290 ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 4,463 ha compare
- 5 Uzbekistan 17,264 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 412 ha compare
- 7 Yugoslav SFR 13,670 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 10,460 ha compare
- 9 Bulgaria 10,210 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — area harvested in Greece?
- Cherries — area harvested in Greece was 16,140 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 20,550 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,000 ha in 1981.
- How does Greece rank for cherries — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 6th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.