Cherries — Yield in Italy
Italy: Cherries — Yield was 2,852 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cherries — Yield in Italy, 1969–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 2,852 kg/ha for cherries — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 56 years on record.
The figure is down 7.8% on the previous year and down 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — yield in Italy peaked at 7,443 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 2,852 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Italy 57th out of 70 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 56 years of available data.
Cherries — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1969 | 5,374 kg/ha | — |
| 1970 | 6,679 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1971 | 7,443 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1972 | 6,454 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1973 | 5,855 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1974 | 4,712 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1975 | 6,566 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1976 | 5,316 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1977 | 4,476 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1978 | 3,279 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1979 | 5,488 kg/ha | +67.3% |
| 1980 | 4,268 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1981 | 4,821 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1982 | 5,162 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1983 | 5,887 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1984 | 6,898 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1985 | 6,793 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 5,494 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 1987 | 6,314 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1988 | 5,672 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 5,377 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1990 | 4,337 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1991 | 4,038 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 5,402 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 1993 | 5,426 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 5,702 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 4,851 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1996 | 5,049 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1997 | 4,511 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1998 | 4,345 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 4,601 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2000 | 5,404 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2001 | 4,063 kg/ha | -24.8% |
| 2002 | 4,374 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2003 | 3,572 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2004 | 3,359 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2005 | 3,632 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 3,841 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2007 | 3,678 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2008 | 4,651 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2009 | 3,908 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2010 | 3,847 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2011 | 3,733 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 3,523 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2013 | 4,289 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2014 | 3,721 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2015 | 3,689 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 3,259 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2017 | 4,040 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 2018 | 3,937 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 3,376 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 3,598 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 3,325 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2022 | 3,772 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 2023 | 3,093 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2024 | 2,852 kg/ha | -7.8% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 2,852 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,218 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Italy's 2,852 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,218 kg/ha, 68% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,374 kg/ha | 5,374 kg/ha | 5,374 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1970s | 5,627 kg/ha | 3,279 kg/ha | 7,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,669 kg/ha | 4,268 kg/ha | 6,898 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,826 kg/ha | 4,038 kg/ha | 5,702 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,048 kg/ha | 3,359 kg/ha | 5,404 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,741 kg/ha | 3,259 kg/ha | 4,289 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,328 kg/ha | 2,852 kg/ha | 3,772 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — yield in Italy?
- Cherries — yield in Italy was 2,852 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 7,443 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest cherries — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,852 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Italy rank for cherries — yield?
- Italy ranks 57th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Italy data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cherries — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.