Based on a comparison of 64 countries in 2022, Turkey ranked the highest in cherry production with 656,041 tonnes followed by Chile and Uzbekistan. On the other end of the scale was Peru with 2.64 tonnes, Luxembourg with 20.0 tonnes and Lithuania with 20.0 tonnes.
Total cherry production reached 2,765,827 tonnes in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.306 % more than in the previous year and 20.1 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, total cherry production reached an all time high of 2,765,827 tonnes in 2022 and an all time low of 1,112,663 tonnes in 1965. The average annual growth amounted to 1.25 % since 1961.
The top ranked country, Turkey, accounted for 23.7 % of cherry production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 47.6 % share while the ten largest countries some 75.5 % in 2022.
Data for more countries are available at Cherry Production indicator page.
Cherry Production | Unit | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Bulgaria | tonnes | 38,496 | 48,391 | 55,310 | 54,960 | 52,330 | ||||||||||||||||
Chile | tonnes | 155,000 | 120,000 | 228,000 | 270,000 | 276,000 | ||||||||||||||||
China | tonnes | 34,547 | 36,325 | 35,793 | 35,555 | 35,891 | ||||||||||||||||
Germany | tonnes | 29,373 | 16,536 | 44,220 | 44,550 | 36,800 | ||||||||||||||||
Greece | tonnes | 83,194 | 80,510 | 89,380 | 81,600 | 93,740 | ||||||||||||||||
Iran | tonnes | 140,081 | 135,723 | 88,906 | 128,354 | 147,909 | ||||||||||||||||
Italy | tonnes | 94,888 | 118,259 | 114,800 | 98,600 | 104,380 | ||||||||||||||||
Poland | tonnes | 53,773 | 19,666 | 59,960 | 44,430 | 51,300 | ||||||||||||||||
Russia | tonnes | 42,500 | 37,300 | 46,400 | 48,700 | 51,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Spain | tonnes | 100,503 | 114,433 | 106,580 | 118,380 | 82,130 | ||||||||||||||||
Syria | tonnes | 76,268 | 68,106 | 61,117 | 66,039 | 42,206 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | tonnes | 599,650 | 627,132 | 639,564 | 664,224 | 724,944 | ||||||||||||||||
USA | tonnes | 315,454 | 396,940 | 312,430 | 319,870 | 294,930 | ||||||||||||||||
Ukraine | tonnes | 63,320 | 70,860 | 84,640 | 68,640 | 63,550 | ||||||||||||||||
Uzbekistan | tonnes | 111,855 | 136,609 | 172,035 | 175,861 | 185,068 |