Sour cherries — Area harvested in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Sour cherries — Area harvested was 28,724 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sour cherries — area harvested in Southern Europe is 28,724 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 19.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in Southern Europe peaked at 58,316 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1,685 ha, in 1982.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,400 ha | +33.3% |
| 1963 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1,900 ha | -20.8% |
| 1967 | 1,920 ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 1,970 ha | +2.6% |
| 1969 | 1,950 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 1,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,940 ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 1,930 ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 1,920 ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 1,800 ha | -6.2% |
| 1975 | 1,792 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 1,777 ha | -0.8% |
| 1977 | 1,763 ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 1,746 ha | -1.0% |
| 1979 | 1,731 ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 1,716 ha | -0.9% |
| 1981 | 1,700 ha | -0.9% |
| 1982 | 1,685 ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 1,772 ha | +5.2% |
| 1984 | 1,759 ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 39,990 ha | +2173.5% |
| 1986 | 39,966 ha | -0.1% |
| 1987 | 39,357 ha | -1.5% |
| 1988 | 38,400 ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 38,485 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 35,690 ha | -7.3% |
| 1991 | 34,026 ha | -4.7% |
| 1992 | 29,398 ha | -13.6% |
| 1993 | 30,567 ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 30,406 ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 28,935 ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 34,479 ha | +19.2% |
| 1997 | 28,784 ha | -16.5% |
| 1998 | 29,313 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 29,428 ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 25,406 ha | -13.7% |
| 2001 | 28,490 ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 25,386 ha | -10.9% |
| 2003 | 42,392 ha | +67.0% |
| 2004 | 58,316 ha | +37.6% |
| 2005 | 33,628 ha | -42.3% |
| 2006 | 44,373 ha | +32.0% |
| 2007 | 48,678 ha | +9.7% |
| 2008 | 44,679 ha | -8.2% |
| 2009 | 48,122 ha | +7.7% |
| 2010 | 37,734 ha | -21.6% |
| 2011 | 45,812 ha | +21.4% |
| 2012 | 45,980 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 23,799 ha | -48.2% |
| 2014 | 23,996 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 26,197 ha | +9.2% |
| 2016 | 27,088 ha | +3.4% |
| 2017 | 26,989 ha | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 28,404 ha | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 28,119 ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 29,283 ha | +4.1% |
| 2021 | 29,172 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 30,450 ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 29,331 ha | -3.7% |
| 2024 | 28,724 ha | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,127 ha | 1,800 ha | 2,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,835 ha | 1,731 ha | 1,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,483 ha | 1,685 ha | 39,990 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,103 ha | 28,784 ha | 35,690 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,947 ha | 25,386 ha | 58,316 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,412 ha | 23,799 ha | 45,980 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,392 ha | 28,724 ha | 30,450 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 3 Yugoslav SFR 30,800 ha compare
- 4 Serbia and Montenegro 25,000 ha compare
- 5 Poland 24,900 ha compare
- 6 Serbia 19,878 ha compare
- 7 Ukraine 18,400 ha compare
- 8 Hungary 11,750 ha compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 7,551 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — area harvested in Southern Europe?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in Southern Europe was 28,724 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 58,316 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,685 ha in 1982.
- How does Southern Europe rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- Southern Europe ranks 6th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.