Sour cherries — Area harvested in Denmark
Denmark: Sour cherries — Area harvested was 440 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Denmark, 1997–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sour cherries — area harvested in Denmark is 440 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 54.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in Denmark peaked at 2,639 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 380 ha, in 2019.
Denmark ranks 25th of 40 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Denmark, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 2,505 ha | — |
| 1998 | 2,490 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 2,626 ha | +5.5% |
| 2000 | 2,639 ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 2,569 ha | -2.7% |
| 2002 | 2,558 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,522 ha | -40.5% |
| 2004 | 1,655 ha | +8.7% |
| 2005 | 1,650 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,835 ha | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 1,600 ha | -12.8% |
| 2008 | 1,550 ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 1,083 ha | -30.1% |
| 2010 | 436 ha | -59.7% |
| 2011 | 1,403 ha | +221.8% |
| 2012 | 1,300 ha | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 1,090 ha | -16.2% |
| 2014 | 972 ha | -10.8% |
| 2015 | 876 ha | -9.9% |
| 2016 | 750 ha | -14.4% |
| 2017 | 518 ha | -30.9% |
| 2018 | 410 ha | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 380 ha | -7.3% |
| 2020 | 430 ha | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 380 ha | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 490 ha | +28.9% |
| 2023 | 440 ha | -10.2% |
| 2024 | 440 ha | +0.0% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 440 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 901.5 ha, 49% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 440 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 180 ha, 2.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sour cherries — Area harvested in Denmark 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +221.8% | 436 ha | 1,403 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,540 ha | 2,490 ha | 2,626 ha | 3 |
| 2000s | 1,866 ha | 1,083 ha | 2,639 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 813.5 ha | 380 ha | 1,403 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 436 ha | 380 ha | 490 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 37.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0117 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 900.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7939 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — area harvested in Denmark?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in Denmark was 440 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 2,639 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 380 ha in 2019.
- How does Denmark rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- Denmark ranks 25th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Denmark data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sour cherries — Area harvested. 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.