Sour cherries — Area harvested in World
World: Sour cherries — Area harvested was 218,140 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sour cherries — Area harvested in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
World recorded 218,140 ha for sour cherries — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — area harvested in World peaked at 266,256 ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 63,363 ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sour cherries — Area harvested in World, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,363 ha | — |
| 1962 | 65,357 ha | +3.1% |
| 1963 | 65,583 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 69,107 ha | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 67,703 ha | -2.0% |
| 1966 | 65,387 ha | -3.4% |
| 1967 | 67,917 ha | +3.9% |
| 1968 | 66,340 ha | -2.3% |
| 1969 | 66,563 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 73,393 ha | +10.3% |
| 1971 | 98,478 ha | +34.2% |
| 1972 | 67,890 ha | -31.1% |
| 1973 | 69,887 ha | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 82,047 ha | +17.4% |
| 1975 | 83,082 ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 76,464 ha | -8.0% |
| 1977 | 78,356 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 78,106 ha | -0.3% |
| 1979 | 99,784 ha | +27.8% |
| 1980 | 88,339 ha | -11.5% |
| 1981 | 87,660 ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 89,675 ha | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 89,769 ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 91,216 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 211,778 ha | +132.2% |
| 1986 | 189,178 ha | -10.7% |
| 1987 | 188,914 ha | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 197,997 ha | +4.8% |
| 1989 | 198,865 ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 195,694 ha | -1.6% |
| 1991 | 196,206 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 239,588 ha | +22.1% |
| 1993 | 238,439 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 238,869 ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 230,085 ha | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 240,660 ha | +4.6% |
| 1997 | 224,556 ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 227,390 ha | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 216,135 ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 227,945 ha | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 240,194 ha | +5.4% |
| 2002 | 231,361 ha | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 248,387 ha | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 266,256 ha | +7.2% |
| 2005 | 238,714 ha | -10.3% |
| 2006 | 258,885 ha | +8.4% |
| 2007 | 252,246 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 225,617 ha | -10.6% |
| 2009 | 230,237 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 215,759 ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 225,918 ha | +4.7% |
| 2012 | 225,561 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 204,824 ha | -9.2% |
| 2014 | 207,417 ha | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 208,264 ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 213,492 ha | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 206,881 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 221,222 ha | +6.9% |
| 2019 | 224,260 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 220,064 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 225,077 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 228,992 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 221,455 ha | -3.3% |
| 2024 | 218,140 ha | -1.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sour cherries — Area harvested in World 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +132.2% | 91,216 ha | 211,778 ha |
| 1971 | +34.2% | 73,393 ha | 98,478 ha |
| 1972 | -31.1% | 98,478 ha | 67,890 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66,369 ha | 63,363 ha | 69,107 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 80,749 ha | 67,890 ha | 99,784 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 143,339 ha | 87,660 ha | 211,778 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 224,762 ha | 195,694 ha | 240,660 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 241,984 ha | 225,617 ha | 266,256 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 215,360 ha | 204,824 ha | 225,918 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 222,746 ha | 218,140 ha | 228,992 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 USSR 56,000 ha compare
- 2 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 28,920 ha compare
- 2 Russian Federation 39,777 ha compare
- 3 Türkiye 19,226 ha compare
- 3 Yugoslav SFR 30,800 ha compare
- 4 Republic of Moldova 4,516 ha compare
- 4 Serbia and Montenegro 25,000 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — area harvested in World?
- Sour cherries — area harvested in World was 218,140 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 266,256 ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — area harvested recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,363 ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for sour cherries — area harvested?
- World ranks 1st out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — area harvested rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.