Cherries — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Cherries — Area harvested was 3,870 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cherries — Area harvested in Romania, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Romania recorded 3,870 ha for cherries — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Romania peaked at 19,500 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 3,200 ha, in 2020.
That places Romania 23rd out of 71 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Cherries — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 19,500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 19,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 18,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 17,400 ha | -3.3% |
| 1991 | 12,800 ha | -26.4% |
| 1992 | 12,768 ha | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 13,405 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 13,147 ha | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 13,375 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 12,995 ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 12,302 ha | -5.3% |
| 1998 | 11,995 ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 11,498 ha | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 10,446 ha | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 10,393 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 11,653 ha | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 9,861 ha | -15.4% |
| 2004 | 9,612 ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 8,702 ha | -9.5% |
| 2006 | 7,240 ha | -16.8% |
| 2007 | 7,688 ha | +6.2% |
| 2008 | 7,628 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 6,846 ha | -10.3% |
| 2010 | 6,930 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 6,853 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 6,829 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 7,079 ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 6,446 ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 6,308 ha | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 6,127 ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 6,024 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 4,290 ha | -28.8% |
| 2019 | 3,300 ha | -23.1% |
| 2020 | 3,200 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 3,510 ha | +9.7% |
| 2022 | 3,310 ha | -5.7% |
| 2023 | 3,860 ha | +16.6% |
| 2024 | 3,870 ha | +0.3% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 3,870 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 850 ha, 4.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Romania's 3,870 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,073 ha, 3.6× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Area harvested in Romania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -28.8% | 6,024 ha | 4,290 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18,500 ha | 18,000 ha | 19,500 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 13,168 ha | 11,498 ha | 17,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,007 ha | 6,846 ha | 11,653 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,019 ha | 3,300 ha | 7,079 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,550 ha | 3,200 ha | 3,870 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — area harvested in Romania?
- Cherries — area harvested in Romania was 3,870 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 19,500 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,200 ha in 2020.
- How does Romania rank for cherries — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 23rd out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.