Sour cherries — Area harvested in Western Europe
Western Europe: Sour cherries — Area harvested was 2,650 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Western Europe, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Western Europe recorded 2,650 ha for sour cherries — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.9% on the previous year and up 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in Western Europe peaked at 21,785 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 2,032 ha, in 2017.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sour cherries — Area harvested in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 21,785 ha | — |
| 1986 | 19,955 ha | -8.4% |
| 1987 | 20,640 ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 20,370 ha | -1.3% |
| 1989 | 19,745 ha | -3.1% |
| 1990 | 19,440 ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 21,490 ha | +10.5% |
| 1992 | 20,525 ha | -4.5% |
| 1993 | 15,680 ha | -23.6% |
| 1994 | 15,470 ha | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 12,423 ha | -19.7% |
| 1996 | 11,196 ha | -9.9% |
| 1997 | 4,749 ha | -57.6% |
| 1998 | 5,486 ha | +15.5% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 5,486 ha | -8.6% |
| 2001 | 5,486 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,880 ha | -11.0% |
| 2003 | 5,197 ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 5,231 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 5,226 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 5,202 ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 4,426 ha | -14.9% |
| 2008 | 4,405 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 4,259 ha | -3.3% |
| 2010 | 3,014 ha | -29.2% |
| 2011 | 3,045 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 2,380 ha | -21.8% |
| 2013 | 2,360 ha | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 2,315 ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 2,171 ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 2,095 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 2,032 ha | -3.0% |
| 2018 | 3,240 ha | +59.4% |
| 2019 | 3,170 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 3,040 ha | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 2,960 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 2,770 ha | -6.4% |
| 2023 | 2,700 ha | -2.5% |
| 2024 | 2,650 ha | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20,499 ha | 19,745 ha | 21,785 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 13,246 ha | 4,749 ha | 21,490 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,980 ha | 4,259 ha | 5,486 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,582 ha | 2,032 ha | 3,240 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,824 ha | 2,650 ha | 3,040 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — area harvested in Western Europe?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in Western Europe was 2,650 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 21,785 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,032 ha in 2017.
- How does Western Europe rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- Western Europe ranks 14th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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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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.