Cherries — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Cherries — Area harvested was 28,920 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cherries — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cherries — area harvested in Spain is 28,920 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Spain peaked at 29,500 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 2,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Spain 3rd 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 Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1963 | 3,200 ha | +28.0% |
| 1964 | 3,500 ha | +9.4% |
| 1965 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 3,900 ha | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 4,700 ha | +20.5% |
| 1969 | 5,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 6,600 ha | +32.0% |
| 1971 | 5,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1972 | 7,200 ha | +30.9% |
| 1973 | 10,200 ha | +41.7% |
| 1974 | 10,400 ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 10,500 ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 10,900 ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 11,400 ha | +4.6% |
| 1978 | 12,400 ha | +8.8% |
| 1979 | 13,150 ha | +6.0% |
| 1980 | 13,400 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 14,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1982 | 14,400 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 14,900 ha | +3.5% |
| 1984 | 16,100 ha | +8.1% |
| 1985 | 22,100 ha | +37.3% |
| 1986 | 22,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 23,000 ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 23,200 ha | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 23,900 ha | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 24,500 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 25,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 25,800 ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 26,300 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 28,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 1995 | 27,800 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 27,600 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 29,500 ha | +6.9% |
| 1998 | 28,600 ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 28,900 ha | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 28,777 ha | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 27,830 ha | -3.3% |
| 2002 | 28,661 ha | +3.0% |
| 2003 | 28,727 ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 25,855 ha | -10.0% |
| 2005 | 23,515 ha | -9.1% |
| 2006 | 23,626 ha | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 23,644 ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 24,071 ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 24,304 ha | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 24,290 ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 24,967 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 24,972 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 25,300 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 25,594 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 26,492 ha | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 26,946 ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 27,592 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 27,370 ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 27,470 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 27,760 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 29,450 ha | +6.1% |
| 2022 | 29,310 ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 28,340 ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 28,920 ha | +2.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 28,920 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 850 ha, 34.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Spain's 28,920 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,073 ha, 27.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Area harvested in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +41.7% | 7,200 ha | 10,200 ha |
| 1985 | +37.3% | 16,100 ha | 22,100 ha |
| 1970 | +32.0% | 5,000 ha | 6,600 ha |
| 1972 | +30.9% | 5,500 ha | 7,200 ha |
| 1963 | +28.0% | 2,500 ha | 3,200 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,589 ha | 2,300 ha | 5,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,825 ha | 5,500 ha | 13,150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,710 ha | 13,400 ha | 23,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,200 ha | 24,500 ha | 29,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,901 ha | 23,515 ha | 28,777 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 26,099 ha | 24,290 ha | 27,592 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,756 ha | 27,760 ha | 29,450 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
- 1 Chile 76,447 ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 77,528 ha compare
- 2 USSR 35,000 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
- 6 Greece 16,140 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — area harvested in Spain?
- Cherries — area harvested in Spain was 28,920 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 29,500 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for cherries — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 3rd out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.