Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Algeria
Algeria: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 10,949 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Algeria, 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 Algeria is 10,949 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.5% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Algeria peaked at 22,882 ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2,500 ha, in 1973.
Algeria ranks 21st of 90 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Algeria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 3,300 ha | -10.8% |
| 1964 | 3,600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1965 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 3,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1967 | 2,600 ha | -13.3% |
| 1968 | 3,300 ha | +26.9% |
| 1969 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,800 ha | -15.2% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 2,800 ha | +12.0% |
| 1975 | 5,000 ha | +78.6% |
| 1976 | 3,800 ha | -24.0% |
| 1977 | 4,100 ha | +7.9% |
| 1978 | 4,400 ha | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 4,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1980 | 5,400 ha | +35.0% |
| 1981 | 6,800 ha | +25.9% |
| 1982 | 6,500 ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 7,500 ha | +15.4% |
| 1984 | 7,100 ha | -5.3% |
| 1985 | 7,000 ha | -1.4% |
| 1986 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 7,350 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 6,980 ha | -5.0% |
| 1992 | 6,630 ha | -5.0% |
| 1993 | 6,740 ha | +1.7% |
| 1994 | 6,730 ha | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 6,520 ha | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 6,770 ha | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 6,250 ha | -7.7% |
| 1998 | 5,780 ha | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 5,800 ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 5,920 ha | +2.1% |
| 2001 | 6,090 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 6,420 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 7,340 ha | +14.3% |
| 2004 | 7,970 ha | +8.6% |
| 2005 | 10,002 ha | +25.5% |
| 2006 | 12,157 ha | +21.5% |
| 2007 | 13,816 ha | +13.6% |
| 2008 | 14,753 ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 15,049 ha | +2.0% |
| 2010 | 22,882 ha | +52.0% |
| 2011 | 22,459 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 21,300 ha | -5.2% |
| 2013 | 21,007 ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 16,406 ha | -21.9% |
| 2015 | 16,108 ha | -1.8% |
| 2016 | 19,274 ha | +19.7% |
| 2017 | 18,485 ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 13,488 ha | -27.0% |
| 2019 | 12,795 ha | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 12,689 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 11,685 ha | -7.9% |
| 2022 | 11,849 ha | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 11,714 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 10,949 ha | -6.5% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 10,949 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,954 ha, 2.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 10,949 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,393 ha, 3.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Algeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | +78.6% | 2,800 ha | 5,000 ha |
| 2010 | +52.0% | 15,049 ha | 22,882 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,322 ha | 2,600 ha | 3,700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,600 ha | 2,500 ha | 5,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,830 ha | 5,400 ha | 7,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,555 ha | 5,780 ha | 7,350 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,952 ha | 5,920 ha | 15,049 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,420 ha | 12,795 ha | 22,882 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,777 ha | 10,949 ha | 12,689 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Algeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1451 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 878.12 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.884 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2418 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2017)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2017)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Algeria?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Algeria was 10,949 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 22,882 ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,500 ha in 1973.
- How does Algeria rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Algeria ranks 21st out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria 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.