Cranberries — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Cranberries — Area harvested was 328 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Cranberries — Area harvested in Europe, 1989–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cranberries — area harvested in Europe stood at 328 ha. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 43.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cranberries — area harvested in Europe peaked at 3,861 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 328 ha, in 2024.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Cranberries — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 715 ha | — |
| 1990 | 800 ha | +11.9% |
| 1991 | 1,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 1,900 ha | +90.0% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 1,923 ha | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 1,950 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 1,320 ha | -32.3% |
| 1997 | 2,730 ha | +106.8% |
| 1998 | 3,250 ha | +19.0% |
| 1999 | 2,920 ha | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 3,128 ha | +7.1% |
| 2001 | 3,861 ha | +23.4% |
| 2002 | 2,849 ha | -26.2% |
| 2003 | 2,040 ha | -28.4% |
| 2004 | 2,120 ha | +3.9% |
| 2005 | 2,139 ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 2,543 ha | +18.9% |
| 2007 | 2,273 ha | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 1,942 ha | -14.6% |
| 2009 | 2,731 ha | +40.6% |
| 2010 | 2,690 ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 2,206 ha | -18.0% |
| 2012 | 2,245 ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 2,086 ha | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 581 ha | -72.1% |
| 2015 | 675 ha | +16.2% |
| 2016 | 900 ha | +33.3% |
| 2017 | 689 ha | -23.4% |
| 2018 | 349 ha | -49.3% |
| 2019 | 344 ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 356 ha | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 365 ha | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 347 ha | -4.9% |
| 2023 | 337 ha | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 328 ha | -2.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cranberries — Area harvested in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +106.8% | 1,320 ha | 2,730 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 715 ha | 715 ha | 715 ha | 1 |
| 1990s | 1,979 ha | 800 ha | 3,250 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,563 ha | 1,942 ha | 3,861 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,276 ha | 344 ha | 2,690 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 346.6 ha | 328 ha | 365 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cranberries — area harvested in Europe?
- Cranberries — area harvested in Europe was 328 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cranberries — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 3,861 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest cranberries — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 328 ha in 2024.
- How does Europe rank for cranberries — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 8th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cranberries — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cranberries — 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.