Sour cherries — Area harvested in Portugal
Portugal: Sour cherries — Area harvested was 60 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Portugal recorded 60 ha for sour cherries — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 40.0% on the previous year and down 23.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in Portugal peaked at 1,400 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 35 ha, in 1998.
That places Portugal 32nd out of 40 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Portugal, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 ha | +75.0% |
| 1963 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 700 ha | -50.0% |
| 1967 | 720 ha | +2.9% |
| 1968 | 770 ha | +6.9% |
| 1969 | 750 ha | -2.6% |
| 1970 | 750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 740 ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 730 ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 720 ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 700 ha | -2.8% |
| 1975 | 692 ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 677 ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 663 ha | -2.1% |
| 1978 | 646 ha | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 631 ha | -2.3% |
| 1980 | 616 ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 600 ha | -2.6% |
| 1982 | 585 ha | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 572 ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 559 ha | -2.3% |
| 1985 | 545 ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 531 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 517 ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 500 ha | -3.3% |
| 1989 | 480 ha | -4.0% |
| 1990 | 471 ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 480 ha | +1.9% |
| 1992 | 495 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 504 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 500 ha | -0.8% |
| 1995 | 400 ha | -20.0% |
| 1996 | 395 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 67 ha | -83.0% |
| 1998 | 35 ha | -47.8% |
| 1999 | 59 ha | +68.6% |
| 2000 | 52 ha | -11.9% |
| 2001 | 35 ha | -32.7% |
| 2002 | 35 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 40 ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 42 ha | +5.0% |
| 2006 | 43 ha | +2.4% |
| 2007 | 43 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 44 ha | +2.3% |
| 2009 | 44 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 42 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 42 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 42 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 78 ha | +85.7% |
| 2014 | 78 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 79 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 80 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 90 ha | +12.5% |
| 2019 | 110 ha | +22.2% |
| 2020 | 100 ha | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 100 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 60 ha | -40.0% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 60 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 901.5 ha, 7% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 60 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 180 ha, 33% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sour cherries — Area harvested in Portugal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +85.7% | 42 ha | 78 ha |
| 1997 | -83.0% | 395 ha | 67 ha |
| 1962 | +75.0% | 800 ha | 1,400 ha |
| 1999 | +68.6% | 35 ha | 59 ha |
| 1966 | -50.0% | 1,400 ha | 700 ha |
| 1998 | -47.8% | 67 ha | 35 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,038 ha | 700 ha | 1,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 694.9 ha | 631 ha | 750 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 550.5 ha | 480 ha | 616 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 340.6 ha | 35 ha | 504 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 41.8 ha | 35 ha | 52 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.1 ha | 42 ha | 110 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 92 ha | 60 ha | 100 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Portugal
More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — area harvested in Portugal?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in Portugal was 60 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,400 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 35 ha in 1998.
- How does Portugal rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- Portugal ranks 32nd out of 40 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Portugal 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.