Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 5,626 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — area harvested in Afghanistan is 5,626 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 9.5% on the previous year and up 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Afghanistan peaked at 6,508 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,128 ha, in 2020.
That places Afghanistan 33rd out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,320 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 4,570 ha | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 4,820 ha | +5.5% |
| 1966 | 5,320 ha | +10.4% |
| 1967 | 5,940 ha | +11.7% |
| 1968 | 5,810 ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 5,910 ha | +1.7% |
| 1970 | 5,950 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 5,950 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,110 ha | +2.7% |
| 1973 | 6,230 ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 6,340 ha | +1.8% |
| 1975 | 6,350 ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 6,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,370 ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 6,320 ha | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 6,110 ha | -3.3% |
| 1980 | 6,120 ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 5,990 ha | -2.1% |
| 1982 | 5,750 ha | -4.0% |
| 1983 | 5,530 ha | -3.8% |
| 1984 | 5,310 ha | -4.0% |
| 1985 | 5,160 ha | -2.8% |
| 1986 | 5,030 ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 4,330 ha | -13.9% |
| 1988 | 4,530 ha | +4.6% |
| 1989 | 4,540 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 4,589 ha | +1.1% |
| 1991 | 4,396 ha | -4.2% |
| 1992 | 4,165 ha | -5.3% |
| 1993 | 4,500 ha | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 4,144 ha | -7.9% |
| 1995 | 4,121 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 4,477 ha | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 4,548 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 4,631 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 4,764 ha | +2.9% |
| 2000 | 5,252 ha | +10.2% |
| 2001 | 5,046 ha | -3.9% |
| 2002 | 4,870 ha | -3.5% |
| 2003 | 6,119 ha | +25.6% |
| 2004 | 3,594 ha | -41.3% |
| 2005 | 4,278 ha | +19.0% |
| 2006 | 5,500 ha | +28.6% |
| 2007 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 3,500 ha | -36.4% |
| 2009 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3,800 ha | +8.6% |
| 2012 | 3,826 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 3,850 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 4,825 ha | +25.3% |
| 2015 | 4,931 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 3,302 ha | -33.0% |
| 2017 | 4,022 ha | +21.8% |
| 2018 | 4,001 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 3,629 ha | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 3,128 ha | -13.8% |
| 2021 | 6,508 ha | +108.1% |
| 2022 | 6,385 ha | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 6,218 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 5,626 ha | -9.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,037 ha | 4,320 ha | 5,940 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,208 ha | 5,950 ha | 6,370 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,229 ha | 4,330 ha | 6,120 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,434 ha | 4,121 ha | 4,764 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,716 ha | 3,500 ha | 6,119 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,969 ha | 3,302 ha | 4,931 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,573 ha | 3,128 ha | 6,508 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 30 Republic of Korea 7,103 ha compare
- 31 Hungary 6,860 ha compare
- 32 Pakistan 5,761 ha compare
- 34 Azerbaijan 4,954 ha compare
- 35 Germany 4,770 ha compare
- 36 Australia and New Zealand 4,218 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Afghanistan?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Afghanistan was 5,626 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 6,508 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,128 ha in 2020.
- How does Afghanistan rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 33rd out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plums and sloes — 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.