Sour cherries — Area harvested in Italy
Italy: Sour cherries — Area harvested was 180 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Italy, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sour cherries — area harvested in Italy is 180 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 20.0% on the previous year and down 88.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in Italy peaked at 1,700 ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2018.
That places Italy 27th out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Italy, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 1,300 ha | — |
| 1994 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1995 | 1,251 ha | -10.6% |
| 1996 | 1,500 ha | +19.9% |
| 1997 | 1,300 ha | -13.3% |
| 1998 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1999 | 1,560 ha | +11.4% |
| 2000 | 1,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 2001 | 1,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,680 ha | +12.0% |
| 2003 | 1,670 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,650 ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 1,670 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 1,700 ha | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 1,541 ha | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 1,500 ha | -2.7% |
| 2009 | 1,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 1,582 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 1,604 ha | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 1,577 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 1,581 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 1,622 ha | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 1,602 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,604 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2019 | 0 ha | — |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 90 ha | — |
| 2022 | 130 ha | +44.4% |
| 2023 | 150 ha | +15.4% |
| 2024 | 180 ha | +20.0% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 180 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 901.5 ha, 20% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Italy's 180 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 180 ha, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sour cherries — Area harvested in Italy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -100.0% | 1,604 ha | 0 ha |
| 2022 | +44.4% | 90 ha | 130 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,387 ha | 1,251 ha | 1,560 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 1,601 ha | 1,500 ha | 1,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,277 ha | 0 ha | 1,622 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 110 ha | 0 ha | 180 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Italy
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — area harvested in Italy?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in Italy was 180 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1,700 ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2018.
- How does Italy rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- Italy ranks 27th out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 88.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Italy 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.