Sour cherries — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Sour cherries — Area harvested was 47,780 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sour cherries — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
European Union (27) recorded 47,780 ha for sour cherries — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 15.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 83,975 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 2,260 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sour cherries — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,260 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +32.7% |
| 1963 | 3,080 ha | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 3,140 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 3,380 ha | +7.6% |
| 1966 | 2,900 ha | -14.2% |
| 1967 | 3,020 ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 3,470 ha | +14.9% |
| 1969 | 3,150 ha | -9.2% |
| 1970 | 2,950 ha | -6.3% |
| 1971 | 3,340 ha | +13.2% |
| 1972 | 3,530 ha | +5.7% |
| 1973 | 3,420 ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 3,300 ha | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 3,592 ha | +8.8% |
| 1976 | 3,577 ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 4,063 ha | +13.6% |
| 1978 | 4,346 ha | +7.0% |
| 1979 | 4,731 ha | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 4,716 ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 5,000 ha | +6.0% |
| 1982 | 6,085 ha | +21.7% |
| 1983 | 5,572 ha | -8.4% |
| 1984 | 5,459 ha | -2.0% |
| 1985 | 83,975 ha | +1438.3% |
| 1986 | 67,121 ha | -20.1% |
| 1987 | 54,097 ha | -19.4% |
| 1988 | 66,970 ha | +23.8% |
| 1989 | 69,230 ha | +3.4% |
| 1990 | 65,136 ha | -5.9% |
| 1991 | 67,871 ha | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 73,268 ha | +8.0% |
| 1993 | 77,460 ha | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 76,042 ha | -1.8% |
| 1995 | 72,653 ha | -4.5% |
| 1996 | 73,632 ha | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 62,907 ha | -14.6% |
| 1998 | 75,275 ha | +19.7% |
| 1999 | 66,407 ha | -11.8% |
| 2000 | 69,324 ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 74,894 ha | +8.0% |
| 2002 | 66,022 ha | -11.8% |
| 2003 | 68,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 69,949 ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 66,068 ha | -5.5% |
| 2006 | 62,310 ha | -5.7% |
| 2007 | 62,786 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 63,829 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 63,412 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 59,179 ha | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 61,115 ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 58,788 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 58,477 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 56,291 ha | -3.7% |
| 2015 | 52,943 ha | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 52,144 ha | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 52,112 ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 53,460 ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 53,930 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 50,250 ha | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 50,790 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 50,270 ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 48,350 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 47,780 ha | -1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,044 ha | 2,260 ha | 3,470 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,685 ha | 2,950 ha | 4,731 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 36,822 ha | 4,716 ha | 83,975 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,065 ha | 62,907 ha | 77,460 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 66,679 ha | 62,310 ha | 74,894 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,844 ha | 52,112 ha | 61,115 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,488 ha | 47,780 ha | 50,790 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in European Union (27) was 47,780 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 83,975 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,260 ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 4th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.