Plums and sloes — Area harvested by country
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...
What the numbers show
Plums and sloes — Area harvested is currently reported for 96 countries. The highest value is 2.00 million ha in China; the lowest is 20 ha in Estonia.
The median across all reporting countries is 2,540 ha, and the mean is 54,235 ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 99,792.
Over the past decade 48 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 588.2%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 94.6%).
Plums and sloes — Area harvested: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2.00 million ha | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 1.99 million ha | 2024 | up 7.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Türkiye | 21,586 ha | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 3 | USSR | 260,000 ha | 1991 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 3 | Republic of Moldova | 17,109 ha | 2024 | up 10.9% | flat |
| 4 | Yugoslav SFR | 172,500 ha | 1991 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 17,094 ha | 2024 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Serbia and Montenegro | 136,060 ha | 2005 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 6 | Serbia | 74,082 ha | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 4,069 ha | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 7 | Romania | 66,840 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 630 ha | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Russian Federation | 43,210 ha | 2024 | up 25.2% | falling |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 419 ha | 2024 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 36,703 ha | 2024 | up 141.9% | rising |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia | 18,500 ha | 1992 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 11 | Argentina | 18,170 ha | 2024 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 12 | India | 18,050 ha | 2024 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 13 | Poland | 17,600 ha | 2024 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 14 | Chile | 17,564 ha | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Morocco | 16,463 ha | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 16 | Ukraine | 16,400 ha | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Uzbekistan | 16,145 ha | 2024 | up 26.7% | flat |
| 18 | France | 15,330 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 19 | Spain | 12,640 ha | 2024 | down 25.7% | rising |
| 20 | Italy | 11,290 ha | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 21 | Algeria | 10,949 ha | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Mexico | 10,910 ha | 2024 | down 26.3% | rising |
| 23 | Tajikistan | 10,766 ha | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 24 | South Africa | 10,728 ha | 2024 | up 27.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Libya | 10,654 ha | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 25 | Caribbean | 100 ha | 2024 | down 51.7% | rising |
| 26 | Bulgaria | 9,580 ha | 2024 | up 96.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Georgia | 9,328 ha | 2024 | up 124.2% | volatile |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 9,261 ha | 2024 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 29 | Belarus | 7,749 ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 30 | Republic of Korea | 7,103 ha | 2024 | up 25.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Hungary | 6,860 ha | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Pakistan | 5,761 ha | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 33 | Afghanistan | 5,626 ha | 2024 | up 16.6% | falling |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | 4,954 ha | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 35 | Germany | 4,770 ha | 2024 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Australia and New Zealand | 4,218 ha | 2024 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 37 | Montenegro | 4,074 ha | 2024 | up 588.2% | rising |
| 38 | Croatia | 4,040 ha | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Australia | 3,938 ha | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 40 | Egypt | 3,529 ha | 2024 | up 241.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Tunisia | 3,393 ha | 2024 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 42 | Armenia | 3,068 ha | 2024 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 43 | Yemen | 3,028 ha | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Albania | 2,559 ha | 2024 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 45 | Japan | 2,520 ha | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Lebanon | 2,200 ha | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Czechia | 1,920 ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 47 | Greece | 1,920 ha | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,910 ha | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 50 | Turkmenistan | 1,875 ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 51 | Portugal | 1,600 ha | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 52 | Kazakhstan | 1,523 ha | 2024 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 53 | Colombia | 1,388 ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 54 | Nepal | 1,269 ha | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 55 | Ecuador | 1,143 ha | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Peru | 1,134 ha | 2024 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 57 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1,000 ha | 1999 | up 233.3% | falling |
| 58 | Iraq | 999 ha | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 59 | China, Taiwan Province of | 964 ha | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Israel | 647 ha | 2024 | down 55.1% | rising |
| 61 | Slovakia | 610 ha | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Madagascar | 484 ha | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Canada | 435 ha | 2024 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Norway | 400 ha | 2024 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Cyprus | 390 ha | 2024 | down 24.4% | rising |
| 66 | Lithuania | 380 ha | 2024 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 67 | Switzerland | 321 ha | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Paraguay | 321 ha | 2024 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 69 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 320 ha | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Jordan | 293 ha | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 71 | New Zealand | 280 ha | 2024 | down 24.7% | flat |
| 72 | Eswatini | 261 ha | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 73 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 250 ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 74 | Kenya | 233 ha | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Austria | 210 ha | 2024 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Uruguay | 209 ha | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 77 | Palestine | 195 ha | 2022 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Cameroon | 128 ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 79 | Denmark | 100 ha | 2024 | up 63.9% | falling |
| 79 | Grenada | 100 ha | 2024 | down 51.7% | rising |
| 79 | Latvia | 100 ha | 2024 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 86 ha | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Slovenia | 80 ha | 2024 | up 135.3% | rising |
| 84 | Belgium | 60 ha | 2024 | up 46.3% | falling |
| 85 | Sweden | 40 ha | 2024 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Bhutan | 34 ha | 2024 | down 56.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Luxembourg | 30 ha | 2024 | down 18.9% | volatile |
| 88 | Malawi | 26 ha | 2024 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 89 | Estonia | 20 ha | 2024 | down 94.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 2.63 million ha
- Asia 2.13 million ha
- Eastern Asia 2.01 million ha
- Europe 368,458 ha
- Eastern Europe 187,877 ha
- Southern Europe 158,249 ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 8,035 ha
- European Union (27) 156,660 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 74,653 ha
- Americas 70,651 ha
- Africa 57,565 ha
- Middle Africa 128 ha
- Southern Asia 47,834 ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 100 ha
- Western Asia 47,692 ha
- Northern Africa 44,989 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 41,372 ha
- South America 40,347 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 39,235 ha
- Central Asia 32,219 ha
- Western Europe 20,971 ha
- Northern America 19,294 ha
- United States of America 18,859 ha
- Southern Africa 10,989 ha
- Central America 10,910 ha
- Oceania 4,218 ha
- Eastern Africa 1,459 ha
- Northern Europe 1,360 ha
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.