Sour cherries — Production in Western Europe
Western Europe: Sour cherries — Production was 13,900 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sour cherries — Production in Western Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sour cherries — production in Western Europe stood at 13,900 t.
The figure is down 4.5% on the previous year and down 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sour cherries — production in Western Europe peaked at 164,949 t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 8,844 t, in 2017.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sour cherries — Production in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 122,638 t | — |
| 1962 | 134,314 t | +9.5% |
| 1963 | 124,812 t | -7.1% |
| 1964 | 129,000 t | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 87,755 t | -32.0% |
| 1966 | 133,006 t | +51.6% |
| 1967 | 131,071 t | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 164,949 t | +25.8% |
| 1969 | 130,290 t | -21.0% |
| 1970 | 153,942 t | +18.2% |
| 1971 | 148,089 t | -3.8% |
| 1972 | 123,933 t | -16.3% |
| 1973 | 124,075 t | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 122,189 t | -1.5% |
| 1975 | 121,460 t | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 125,905 t | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 104,076 t | -17.3% |
| 1978 | 123,401 t | +18.6% |
| 1979 | 144,865 t | +17.4% |
| 1980 | 145,691 t | +0.6% |
| 1981 | 82,680 t | -43.2% |
| 1982 | 163,571 t | +97.8% |
| 1983 | 147,983 t | -9.5% |
| 1984 | 159,291 t | +7.6% |
| 1985 | 162,294 t | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 146,434 t | -9.8% |
| 1987 | 155,027 t | +5.9% |
| 1988 | 156,033 t | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 133,331 t | -14.5% |
| 1990 | 122,447 t | -8.2% |
| 1991 | 108,963 t | -11.0% |
| 1992 | 155,645 t | +42.8% |
| 1993 | 149,713 t | -3.8% |
| 1994 | 124,442 t | -16.9% |
| 1995 | 115,009 t | -7.6% |
| 1996 | 116,435 t | +1.2% |
| 1997 | 51,657 t | -55.6% |
| 1998 | 74,216 t | +43.7% |
| 1999 | 102,029 t | +37.5% |
| 2000 | 111,969 t | +9.7% |
| 2001 | 104,330 t | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 68,669 t | -34.2% |
| 2003 | 38,832 t | -43.5% |
| 2004 | 40,410 t | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 28,882 t | -28.5% |
| 2006 | 42,009 t | +45.5% |
| 2007 | 34,569 t | -17.7% |
| 2008 | 19,751 t | -42.9% |
| 2009 | 35,400 t | +79.2% |
| 2010 | 18,809 t | -46.9% |
| 2011 | 23,271 t | +23.7% |
| 2012 | 13,465 t | -42.1% |
| 2013 | 13,831 t | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 18,100 t | +30.9% |
| 2015 | 17,838 t | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 16,394 t | -8.1% |
| 2017 | 8,844 t | -46.1% |
| 2018 | 26,030 t | +194.3% |
| 2019 | 25,610 t | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 22,160 t | -13.5% |
| 2021 | 16,390 t | -26.0% |
| 2022 | 18,410 t | +12.3% |
| 2023 | 14,560 t | -20.9% |
| 2024 | 13,900 t | -4.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sour cherries — Production in Western Europe 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 | +194.3% | 8,844 t | 26,030 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 128,648 t | 87,755 t | 164,949 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 129,194 t | 104,076 t | 153,942 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 145,234 t | 82,680 t | 163,571 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 112,056 t | 51,657 t | 155,645 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 52,482 t | 19,751 t | 111,969 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,219 t | 8,844 t | 26,030 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,084 t | 13,900 t | 22,160 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 11 Belarus 38,221 t compare
- 12 Romania 26,630 t compare
- 13 Albania 17,911 t compare
- 14 Czechoslovakia 15,209 t compare
- 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12,958 t compare
- 16 North Macedonia 7,857 t compare
- 17 Germany 7,480 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) -6.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -14.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 0.5427 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -0.0607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 17.73 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -3.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sour cherries — production in Western Europe?
- Sour cherries — production in Western Europe was 13,900 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sour cherries — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 164,949 t in 1968.
- What is the lowest sour cherries — production recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,844 t in 2017.
- How does Western Europe rank for sour cherries — production?
- Western Europe ranks 14th out of 17 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sour cherries — production rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.2%. 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 — Production. 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.