Sour cherries — Area harvested in Greece
Greece: Sour cherries — Area harvested was 110 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Greece, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Greece recorded 110 ha for sour cherries — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in Greece peaked at 2,445 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 110 ha, in 2024.
Greece ranks 31st of 40 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Greece, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 1967 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 1975 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,445 ha | +103.8% |
| 1986 | 2,435 ha | -0.4% |
| 1987 | 2,140 ha | -12.1% |
| 1988 | 1,800 ha | -15.9% |
| 1989 | 1,505 ha | -16.4% |
| 1990 | 1,025 ha | -31.9% |
| 1991 | 1,125 ha | +9.8% |
| 1992 | 895 ha | -20.4% |
| 1993 | 275 ha | -69.3% |
| 1994 | 261 ha | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 243 ha | -6.9% |
| 1996 | 223 ha | -8.2% |
| 1997 | 219 ha | -1.8% |
| 1998 | 203 ha | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 202 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 225 ha | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 220 ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 219 ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 217 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 214 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 219 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 217 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 216 ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 216 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 206 ha | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 204 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 207 ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 203 ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 200 ha | -1.5% |
| 2014 | 198 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 210 ha | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 196 ha | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 189 ha | -3.6% |
| 2018 | 160 ha | -15.3% |
| 2019 | 140 ha | -12.5% |
| 2020 | 150 ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 140 ha | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 140 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 120 ha | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 110 ha | -8.3% |
Greece compared with similar countries
- Greece's 110 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 901.5 ha, 12% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Greece's 110 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 180 ha, 61% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sour cherries — Area harvested in Greece 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 | +103.8% | 1,200 ha | 2,445 ha |
| 1993 | -69.3% | 895 ha | 275 ha |
| 1990 | -31.9% | 1,505 ha | 1,025 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,089 ha | 1,000 ha | 1,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,140 ha | 1,100 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,602 ha | 1,100 ha | 2,445 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 467.1 ha | 202 ha | 1,125 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 216.9 ha | 206 ha | 225 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 190.7 ha | 140 ha | 210 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 132 ha | 110 ha | 150 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More agriculture & rural data for Greece
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0357 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 962.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2078 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — area harvested in Greece?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in Greece was 110 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 2,445 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 110 ha in 2024.
- How does Greece rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- Greece ranks 31st out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greece 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.