Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Asia
Asia: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 2.13 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Asia, 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 Asia is 2.13 million ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Asia peaked at 2.16 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 113,594 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 113,594 ha | — |
| 1962 | 117,428 ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 120,349 ha | +2.5% |
| 1964 | 129,541 ha | +7.6% |
| 1965 | 135,475 ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 163,734 ha | +20.9% |
| 1967 | 171,757 ha | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 184,006 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 176,026 ha | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 183,411 ha | +4.2% |
| 1971 | 191,275 ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 181,961 ha | -4.9% |
| 1973 | 172,206 ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 203,466 ha | +18.2% |
| 1975 | 194,423 ha | -4.4% |
| 1976 | 210,129 ha | +8.1% |
| 1977 | 214,926 ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 201,351 ha | -6.3% |
| 1979 | 162,345 ha | -19.4% |
| 1980 | 173,461 ha | +6.8% |
| 1981 | 179,469 ha | +3.5% |
| 1982 | 210,463 ha | +17.3% |
| 1983 | 211,800 ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 241,251 ha | +13.9% |
| 1985 | 345,083 ha | +43.0% |
| 1986 | 426,279 ha | +23.5% |
| 1987 | 438,172 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 559,373 ha | +27.7% |
| 1989 | 640,425 ha | +14.5% |
| 1990 | 641,987 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 681,440 ha | +6.1% |
| 1992 | 811,799 ha | +19.1% |
| 1993 | 876,785 ha | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 982,058 ha | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 1.01 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 1.03 million ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 954,328 ha | -7.5% |
| 1998 | 1.33 million ha | +39.0% |
| 1999 | 1.42 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2000 | 1.57 million ha | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 1.47 million ha | -6.7% |
| 2002 | 1.48 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 1.53 million ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 1.61 million ha | +4.9% |
| 2005 | 1.61 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1.63 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 1.67 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 1.77 million ha | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 1.78 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 1.78 million ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.84 million ha | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 1.95 million ha | +5.7% |
| 2013 | 1.98 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 2.01 million ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 2.06 million ha | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 2.06 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2.07 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2.09 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 2.12 million ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 2.16 million ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 2.13 million ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 2.14 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 2.14 million ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 2.13 million ha | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +43.0% | 241,251 ha | 345,083 ha |
| 1998 | +39.0% | 954,328 ha | 1.33 million ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 145,768 ha | 113,594 ha | 184,006 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 191,549 ha | 162,345 ha | 214,926 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 342,578 ha | 173,461 ha | 640,425 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 973,260 ha | 641,987 ha | 1.42 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.61 million ha | 1.47 million ha | 1.78 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.00 million ha | 1.78 million ha | 2.12 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.14 million ha | 2.13 million ha | 2.16 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 1 China 2.00 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 1.99 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 21,586 ha compare
- 3 Republic of Moldova 17,109 ha compare
- 3 USSR 260,000 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17,094 ha compare
- 4 Yugoslav SFR 172,500 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Asia?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Asia was 2.13 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.16 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 113,594 ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia 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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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.