Sour cherries — Area harvested in Europe
Europe: Sour cherries — Area harvested was 142,612 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sour cherries — area harvested in Europe is 142,612 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in Europe peaked at 214,160 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 26,260 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,260 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,000 ha | +14.2% |
| 1963 | 30,080 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 33,140 ha | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 32,380 ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 30,900 ha | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 33,020 ha | +6.9% |
| 1968 | 33,470 ha | +1.4% |
| 1969 | 33,150 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 40,950 ha | +23.5% |
| 1971 | 66,340 ha | +62.0% |
| 1972 | 36,530 ha | -44.9% |
| 1973 | 39,420 ha | +7.9% |
| 1974 | 51,300 ha | +30.1% |
| 1975 | 53,592 ha | +4.5% |
| 1976 | 48,577 ha | -9.4% |
| 1977 | 51,063 ha | +5.1% |
| 1978 | 51,346 ha | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 72,731 ha | +41.6% |
| 1980 | 59,716 ha | -17.9% |
| 1981 | 59,000 ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 61,085 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 60,572 ha | -0.8% |
| 1984 | 60,459 ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 179,475 ha | +196.9% |
| 1986 | 155,961 ha | -13.1% |
| 1987 | 154,837 ha | -0.7% |
| 1988 | 164,120 ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 163,810 ha | -0.2% |
| 1990 | 160,390 ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 160,342 ha | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 197,935 ha | +23.4% |
| 1993 | 195,780 ha | -1.1% |
| 1994 | 196,420 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 188,618 ha | -4.0% |
| 1996 | 199,209 ha | +5.6% |
| 1997 | 182,758 ha | -8.3% |
| 1998 | 183,713 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 170,876 ha | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 181,715 ha | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 191,591 ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 181,635 ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 197,467 ha | +8.7% |
| 2004 | 214,160 ha | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 184,426 ha | -13.9% |
| 2006 | 189,965 ha | +3.0% |
| 2007 | 194,943 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 167,856 ha | -13.9% |
| 2009 | 170,480 ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 155,871 ha | -8.6% |
| 2011 | 165,597 ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 164,458 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 142,458 ha | -13.4% |
| 2014 | 140,362 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 139,783 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 142,977 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 135,858 ha | -5.0% |
| 2018 | 148,350 ha | +9.2% |
| 2019 | 149,913 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 148,174 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 150,471 ha | +1.6% |
| 2022 | 152,857 ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 144,116 ha | -5.7% |
| 2024 | 142,612 ha | -1.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sour cherries — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +196.9% | 60,459 ha | 179,475 ha |
| 1971 | +62.0% | 40,950 ha | 66,340 ha |
| 1972 | -44.9% | 66,340 ha | 36,530 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,378 ha | 26,260 ha | 33,470 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 51,185 ha | 36,530 ha | 72,731 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 111,904 ha | 59,000 ha | 179,475 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 183,604 ha | 160,342 ha | 199,209 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 187,424 ha | 167,856 ha | 214,160 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 148,563 ha | 135,858 ha | 165,597 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 147,646 ha | 142,612 ha | 152,857 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 1 USSR 56,000 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28,920 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 39,777 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 19,226 ha compare
- 3 Yugoslav SFR 30,800 ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 4,516 ha compare
- 4 Serbia and Montenegro 25,000 ha compare
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 55 ha compare
- 5 Poland 24,900 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — area harvested in Europe?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in Europe was 142,612 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 214,160 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 26,260 ha in 1961.
- How does Europe rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- Europe ranks 2nd out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. 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 Sour 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.