Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 4,218 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 4,218 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.0% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 4,990 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,435 ha, in 1981.
That places Australia and New Zealand 36th out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,618 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,620 ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 3,661 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 3,748 ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 3,846 ha | +2.6% |
| 1966 | 3,720 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 3,733 ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 3,710 ha | -0.6% |
| 1969 | 3,640 ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 3,688 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 3,704 ha | +0.4% |
| 1972 | 3,702 ha | -0.1% |
| 1973 | 3,695 ha | -0.2% |
| 1974 | 3,606 ha | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 3,469 ha | -3.8% |
| 1976 | 3,279 ha | -5.5% |
| 1977 | 3,086 ha | -5.9% |
| 1978 | 3,071 ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 3,069 ha | -0.1% |
| 1980 | 2,977 ha | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 2,435 ha | -18.2% |
| 1982 | 3,176 ha | +30.4% |
| 1983 | 3,088 ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 3,088 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 3,300 ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 3,402 ha | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 3,255 ha | -4.3% |
| 1988 | 3,480 ha | +6.9% |
| 1989 | 3,823 ha | +9.9% |
| 1990 | 4,024 ha | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 4,320 ha | +7.4% |
| 1992 | 4,290 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 4,483 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 4,642 ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 4,314 ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 4,314 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,776 ha | +10.7% |
| 1998 | 4,885 ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 4,386 ha | -10.2% |
| 2000 | 3,828 ha | -12.7% |
| 2001 | 3,601 ha | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 3,794 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 3,926 ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 3,578 ha | -8.9% |
| 2005 | 4,713 ha | +31.7% |
| 2006 | 4,130 ha | -12.4% |
| 2007 | 4,377 ha | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 3,580 ha | -18.2% |
| 2009 | 2,799 ha | -21.8% |
| 2010 | 3,581 ha | +27.9% |
| 2011 | 2,936 ha | -18.0% |
| 2012 | 3,559 ha | +21.2% |
| 2013 | 3,515 ha | -1.2% |
| 2014 | 3,537 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 3,511 ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 2,876 ha | -18.1% |
| 2017 | 3,584 ha | +24.6% |
| 2018 | 3,787 ha | +5.7% |
| 2019 | 3,937 ha | +4.0% |
| 2020 | 4,062 ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 4,990 ha | +22.8% |
| 2022 | 4,758 ha | -4.6% |
| 2023 | 3,669 ha | -22.9% |
| 2024 | 4,218 ha | +15.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,700 ha | 3,618 ha | 3,846 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,437 ha | 3,069 ha | 3,704 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,202 ha | 2,435 ha | 3,823 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,443 ha | 4,024 ha | 4,885 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,833 ha | 2,799 ha | 4,713 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,482 ha | 2,876 ha | 3,937 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,339 ha | 3,669 ha | 4,990 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 33 Afghanistan 5,626 ha compare
- 34 Azerbaijan 4,954 ha compare
- 35 Germany 4,770 ha compare
- 37 Montenegro 4,074 ha compare
- 38 Croatia 4,040 ha compare
- 39 Australia 3,938 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 4,218 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4,990 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,435 ha in 1981.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 36th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.