Cherries — Area harvested in World
World: Cherries — Area harvested was 473,732 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cherries — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cherries — area harvested in World is 473,732 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 17.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in World peaked at 473,732 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 93,364 ha, in 1961.
That places World 1st out of 24 groups 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 World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 93,364 ha | — |
| 1962 | 97,965 ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 99,849 ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 104,800 ha | +5.0% |
| 1965 | 102,353 ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 99,745 ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 100,029 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 105,433 ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 140,824 ha | +33.6% |
| 1970 | 154,292 ha | +9.6% |
| 1971 | 157,973 ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 154,664 ha | -2.1% |
| 1973 | 157,194 ha | +1.6% |
| 1974 | 170,644 ha | +8.6% |
| 1975 | 171,257 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 172,334 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 168,383 ha | -2.3% |
| 1978 | 170,864 ha | +1.5% |
| 1979 | 166,047 ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 167,705 ha | +1.0% |
| 1981 | 169,094 ha | +0.8% |
| 1982 | 167,918 ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 169,263 ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 169,294 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 290,471 ha | +71.6% |
| 1986 | 288,736 ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 286,187 ha | -0.9% |
| 1988 | 289,768 ha | +1.3% |
| 1989 | 288,589 ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 272,276 ha | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 268,491 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 320,963 ha | +19.5% |
| 1993 | 311,989 ha | -2.8% |
| 1994 | 291,628 ha | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 312,283 ha | +7.1% |
| 1996 | 322,867 ha | +3.4% |
| 1997 | 325,675 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 327,280 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 330,174 ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 335,862 ha | +1.7% |
| 2001 | 344,371 ha | +2.5% |
| 2002 | 344,621 ha | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 351,661 ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 352,607 ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 344,542 ha | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 367,351 ha | +6.6% |
| 2007 | 379,402 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 371,135 ha | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 384,969 ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 391,552 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 397,895 ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 399,358 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 410,968 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 402,906 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 407,415 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 417,034 ha | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 418,859 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 418,312 ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 441,451 ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 444,437 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 445,655 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 457,146 ha | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 457,778 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 473,732 ha | +3.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Area harvested in World 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +71.6% | 169,294 ha | 290,471 ha |
| 1969 | +33.6% | 105,433 ha | 140,824 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 104,929 ha | 93,364 ha | 140,824 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 164,365 ha | 154,292 ha | 172,334 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 228,702 ha | 167,705 ha | 290,471 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 308,363 ha | 268,491 ha | 330,174 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 357,652 ha | 335,862 ha | 384,969 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 410,575 ha | 391,552 ha | 441,451 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 455,750 ha | 444,437 ha | 473,732 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — area harvested in World?
- Cherries — area harvested in World was 473,732 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 473,732 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 93,364 ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for cherries — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 17.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.