Cherries — Area harvested in Western Europe

Western Europe: Cherries — Area harvested was 14,129 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
14,129 ha
Change on year
down 3.6%
Rank
8th
of 10 groups
All-time high
65,785 ha
in 1985
All-time low
14,058 ha
in 1967
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cherries — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1961–2024

20.0k40.0k60.0k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

In 2024, cherries — area harvested in Western Europe stood at 14,129 ha.

The figure is down 3.6% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 65,785 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 14,058 ha, in 1967.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 16,036 ha 14,058 ha 16,733 ha 9
1970s 17,697 ha 16,320 ha 19,500 ha 10
1980s 39,976 ha 18,862 ha 65,785 ha 10
1990s 24,517 ha 21,295 ha 39,341 ha 10
2000s 20,624 ha 19,053 ha 21,918 ha 10
2010s 16,395 ha 15,611 ha 17,423 ha 10
2020s 14,749 ha 14,129 ha 15,087 ha 5

Countries ranked near Western Europe

  1. 5 Uzbekistan 17,264 ha compare
  2. 6 Greece 16,140 ha compare
  3. 7 Yugoslav SFR 13,670 ha compare
  4. 8 Russian Federation 10,460 ha compare
  5. 9 Bulgaria 10,210 ha compare
  6. 10 Poland 9,500 ha compare
  7. 11 China 8,656 ha compare
  8. 11 China, mainland 8,656 ha compare

See the full ranking of 102 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe

All data for Western Europe →

Frequently asked questions

What is cherries — area harvested in Western Europe?
Cherries — area harvested in Western Europe was 14,129 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
The highest recorded value was 65,785 ha in 1985.
What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
The lowest recorded value was 14,058 ha in 1967.
How does Western Europe rank for cherries — area harvested?
Western Europe ranks 8th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Western 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cherries — Area harvested in Western Europe. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/cherries-area-harvested/western-europe/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/cherries-area-harvested/western-europe/">Cherries — Area harvested in Western Europe</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cherries — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
102 places, 4,693 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.