Sour cherries — Area harvested in Hungary
Hungary: Sour cherries — Area harvested was 11,750 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Hungary, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sour cherries — area harvested in Hungary is 11,750 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in Hungary peaked at 18,700 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 8,400 ha, in 1999.
Hungary ranks 8th of 40 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Hungary, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 16,300 ha | — |
| 1986 | 16,200 ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 18,400 ha | +13.6% |
| 1988 | 17,500 ha | -4.9% |
| 1989 | 18,700 ha | +6.9% |
| 1990 | 16,700 ha | -10.7% |
| 1991 | 15,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1992 | 15,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 17,600 ha | +17.3% |
| 1994 | 16,700 ha | -5.1% |
| 1995 | 15,000 ha | -10.2% |
| 1996 | 13,800 ha | -8.0% |
| 1997 | 12,900 ha | -6.5% |
| 1998 | 17,400 ha | +34.9% |
| 1999 | 8,400 ha | -51.7% |
| 2000 | 10,100 ha | +20.2% |
| 2001 | 17,500 ha | +73.3% |
| 2002 | 10,603 ha | -39.4% |
| 2003 | 15,930 ha | +50.2% |
| 2004 | 15,936 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 16,692 ha | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 10,392 ha | -37.7% |
| 2007 | 11,359 ha | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 13,073 ha | +15.1% |
| 2009 | 13,522 ha | +3.4% |
| 2010 | 13,536 ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 13,388 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 13,250 ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 13,990 ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 13,580 ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 13,062 ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 13,062 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 13,193 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 13,290 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 13,320 ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 13,460 ha | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 13,630 ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 12,740 ha | -6.5% |
| 2023 | 12,060 ha | -5.3% |
| 2024 | 11,750 ha | -2.6% |
Hungary compared with similar countries
- Hungary's 11,750 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 901.5 ha, 13.0× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Hungary's 11,750 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 180 ha, 65.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sour cherries — Area harvested in Hungary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +73.3% | 10,100 ha | 17,500 ha |
| 1999 | -51.7% | 17,400 ha | 8,400 ha |
| 2003 | +50.2% | 10,603 ha | 15,930 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17,420 ha | 16,200 ha | 18,700 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 14,850 ha | 8,400 ha | 17,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,511 ha | 10,100 ha | 17,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,367 ha | 13,062 ha | 13,990 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,728 ha | 11,750 ha | 13,630 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Hungary
- 5 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 55 ha compare
- 5 Poland 24,900 ha compare
- 6 Serbia 19,878 ha compare
- 7 Ukraine 18,400 ha compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 7,551 ha compare
- 10 Azerbaijan 6,356 ha compare
- 11 Belarus 6,004 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Hungary
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.23 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.18 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2931 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — area harvested in Hungary?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in Hungary was 11,750 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The highest recorded value was 18,700 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Hungary?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,400 ha in 1999.
- How does Hungary rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- Hungary ranks 8th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Hungary?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Hungary 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.