Cherries — Area harvested in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Cherries — Area harvested was 1,150 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cherries — Area harvested in Northern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cherries — area harvested in Northern Europe stood at 1,150 ha.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 57.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Northern Europe peaked at 4,791 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 800 ha, in 1967.
That places Northern Europe 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cherries — Area harvested in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 3,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1966 | 1,500 ha | -50.0% |
| 1967 | 800 ha | -46.7% |
| 1968 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 3,100 ha | +210.0% |
| 1971 | 2,500 ha | -19.4% |
| 1972 | 2,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | -28.6% |
| 1974 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1975 | 2,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 800 ha | -63.6% |
| 1978 | 800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,400 ha | +75.0% |
| 1980 | 1,600 ha | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 800 ha | -50.0% |
| 1982 | 1,500 ha | +87.5% |
| 1983 | 800 ha | -46.7% |
| 1984 | 1,200 ha | +50.0% |
| 1985 | 4,540 ha | +278.3% |
| 1986 | 4,340 ha | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 4,370 ha | +0.7% |
| 1988 | 4,480 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 4,791 ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 3,334 ha | -30.4% |
| 1991 | 3,416 ha | +2.5% |
| 1992 | 3,216 ha | -5.9% |
| 1993 | 3,491 ha | +8.6% |
| 1994 | 3,949 ha | +13.1% |
| 1995 | 4,190 ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 4,158 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 2,188 ha | -47.4% |
| 1998 | 2,117 ha | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 2,548 ha | +20.4% |
| 2000 | 2,566 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 3,517 ha | +37.1% |
| 2002 | 3,636 ha | +3.4% |
| 2003 | 3,280 ha | -9.8% |
| 2004 | 3,148 ha | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 2,989 ha | -5.1% |
| 2006 | 4,380 ha | +46.5% |
| 2007 | 3,384 ha | -22.7% |
| 2008 | 2,510 ha | -25.8% |
| 2009 | 2,441 ha | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 2,252 ha | -7.7% |
| 2011 | 2,402 ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 2,421 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 2,549 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 2,677 ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 2,620 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 2,571 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 2,460 ha | -4.3% |
| 2018 | 1,084 ha | -55.9% |
| 2019 | 1,117 ha | +3.0% |
| 2020 | 1,157 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 1,153 ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,154 ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,137 ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 1,150 ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,622 ha | 800 ha | 4,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,980 ha | 800 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,842 ha | 800 ha | 4,791 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,261 ha | 2,117 ha | 4,190 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,185 ha | 2,441 ha | 4,380 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,215 ha | 1,084 ha | 2,677 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,150 ha | 1,137 ha | 1,157 ha | 5 |
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- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production 11.14 million t (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield 73,100 kg/ha (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested 195,749 ha (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks 38.24 million An (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 17.74 million An (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production 367,371 t (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight 21 kg/An (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production 2.30 million t (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested 810,880 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — area harvested in Northern Europe?
- Cherries — area harvested in Northern Europe was 1,150 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 4,791 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 800 ha in 1967.
- How does Northern Europe rank for cherries — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 22nd out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.