Cherries — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Cherries — Yield was 1,187 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cherries — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 1,187 kg/ha for cherries — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 35.0% on the previous year and down 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — yield in Portugal peaked at 12,600 kg/ha in 1965 and was at its lowest, 766.6 kg/ha, in 1998.
Portugal ranks 62nd of 70 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cherries — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,571 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,179 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 10,552 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 11,966 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1965 | 12,600 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1966 | 12,069 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 10,274 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1968 | 7,432 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1969 | 8,247 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1970 | 7,304 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1971 | 8,081 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1972 | 8,135 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 5,297 kg/ha | -34.9% |
| 1974 | 5,066 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 5,143 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 7,212 kg/ha | +40.2% |
| 1977 | 3,978 kg/ha | -44.8% |
| 1978 | 3,504 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1979 | 4,177 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1980 | 3,814 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1981 | 3,706 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1982 | 4,431 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1983 | 4,318 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 4,022 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1985 | 4,056 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 3,072 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 1987 | 2,450 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1988 | 1,492 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1989 | 3,483 kg/ha | +133.4% |
| 1990 | 3,750 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1991 | 4,397 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1992 | 4,199 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 3,208 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 1994 | 2,708 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1995 | 2,108 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1996 | 2,407 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1997 | 2,260 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 766.6 kg/ha | -66.1% |
| 1999 | 2,953 kg/ha | +285.2% |
| 2000 | 1,420 kg/ha | -51.9% |
| 2001 | 2,226 kg/ha | +56.7% |
| 2002 | 3,476 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 2003 | 2,514 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 2004 | 2,841 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 2,983 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 2,779 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 1,740 kg/ha | -37.4% |
| 2008 | 1,952 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2009 | 2,134 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2010 | 1,753 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2011 | 2,377 kg/ha | +35.6% |
| 2012 | 1,813 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2013 | 1,790 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 1,750 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 2,818 kg/ha | +61.0% |
| 2016 | 2,734 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2017 | 3,148 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 2,875 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 3,443 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 2020 | 1,446 kg/ha | -58.0% |
| 2021 | 3,792 kg/ha | +162.3% |
| 2022 | 3,930 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 1,825 kg/ha | -53.6% |
| 2024 | 1,187 kg/ha | -35.0% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 1,187 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,218 kg/ha, 28% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 1,187 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 4,218 kg/ha, 28% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Yield in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +285.2% | 766.6 kg/ha | 2,953 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +162.3% | 1,446 kg/ha | 3,792 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,543 kg/ha | 7,432 kg/ha | 12,600 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,790 kg/ha | 3,504 kg/ha | 8,135 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,485 kg/ha | 1,492 kg/ha | 4,431 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,876 kg/ha | 766.6 kg/ha | 4,397 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,407 kg/ha | 1,420 kg/ha | 3,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,450 kg/ha | 1,750 kg/ha | 3,443 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,436 kg/ha | 1,187 kg/ha | 3,930 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
- 59 Cyprus 1,837 kg/ha compare
- 60 South Africa 1,579 kg/ha compare
- 61 Croatia 1,341 kg/ha compare
- 63 North Macedonia 722.6 kg/ha compare
- 64 Kazakhstan 696 kg/ha compare
- 65 Lithuania 500 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cherries — yield in Portugal?
- Cherries — yield in Portugal was 1,187 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 12,600 kg/ha in 1965.
- What is the lowest cherries — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 766.6 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Portugal rank for cherries — yield?
- Portugal ranks 62nd out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.