Cherries — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Cherries — Area harvested was 28,290 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cherries — Area harvested in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cherries — area harvested in Italy is 28,290 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Italy peaked at 31,800 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Italy 4th 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 31,800 ha | — |
| 1970 | 31,500 ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 30,500 ha | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 31,700 ha | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 30,400 ha | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 29,500 ha | -3.0% |
| 1975 | 29,000 ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 29,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 29,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 29,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 28,500 ha | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 28,000 ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 28,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 27,800 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 23,188 ha | -16.6% |
| 1984 | 22,994 ha | -0.8% |
| 1985 | 23,126 ha | +0.6% |
| 1986 | 23,008 ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 22,886 ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 22,409 ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 22,567 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 23,168 ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 25,993 ha | +12.2% |
| 1992 | 26,054 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 24,302 ha | -6.7% |
| 1994 | 24,599 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 24,771 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 27,121 ha | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 25,321 ha | -6.6% |
| 1998 | 26,954 ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 26,410 ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 26,958 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 27,320 ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 28,804 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 28,558 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 28,331 ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 27,888 ha | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 28,876 ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 28,868 ha | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 28,900 ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 29,726 ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 30,020 ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 30,207 ha | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 29,736 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 30,581 ha | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 29,766 ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 30,123 ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 29,113 ha | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 29,274 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 29,160 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 29,210 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 29,010 ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 27,980 ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 28,610 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 28,360 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 28,290 ha | -0.2% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 28,290 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 850 ha, 33.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Italy's 28,290 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,073 ha, 26.4× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,533 ha | 0 ha | 31,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,850 ha | 28,500 ha | 31,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,398 ha | 22,409 ha | 28,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,469 ha | 23,168 ha | 27,121 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 28,423 ha | 26,958 ha | 29,726 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,719 ha | 29,113 ha | 30,581 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,450 ha | 27,980 ha | 29,010 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 1 Chile 76,447 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 77,528 ha compare
- 2 USSR 35,000 ha compare
- 3 Spain 28,920 ha compare
- 3 Syrian Arab Republic 30,358 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 19,484 ha compare
- 5 Republic of Moldova 4,463 ha compare
- 5 Uzbekistan 17,264 ha compare
- 6 Greece 16,140 ha compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 412 ha compare
- 7 Yugoslav SFR 13,670 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — area harvested in Italy?
- Cherries — area harvested in Italy was 28,290 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 31,800 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Italy rank for cherries — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 4th out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.