Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 3,938 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Australia, 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 Australia is 3,938 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.1% on the previous year and up 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Australia peaked at 4,615 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 1,970 ha, in 1981.
That places Australia 39th 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,328 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,328 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 3,380 ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 3,448 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 3,526 ha | +2.3% |
| 1966 | 3,408 ha | -3.3% |
| 1967 | 3,413 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 3,374 ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 3,295 ha | -2.3% |
| 1970 | 3,336 ha | +1.2% |
| 1971 | 3,340 ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 3,330 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 3,320 ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 3,230 ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 3,090 ha | -4.3% |
| 1976 | 2,900 ha | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 2,760 ha | -4.8% |
| 1978 | 2,730 ha | -1.1% |
| 1979 | 2,720 ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 2,620 ha | -3.7% |
| 1981 | 1,970 ha | -24.8% |
| 1982 | 2,630 ha | +33.5% |
| 1983 | 2,690 ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 2,750 ha | +2.2% |
| 1985 | 2,950 ha | +7.3% |
| 1986 | 3,060 ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 2,900 ha | -5.2% |
| 1988 | 3,150 ha | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 3,520 ha | +11.7% |
| 1990 | 3,700 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 4,020 ha | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 3,980 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 4,180 ha | +5.0% |
| 1994 | 4,300 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 3,978 ha | -7.5% |
| 1996 | 4,011 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 4,473 ha | +11.5% |
| 1998 | 4,580 ha | +2.4% |
| 1999 | 4,060 ha | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 3,420 ha | -15.8% |
| 2001 | 3,200 ha | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 3,400 ha | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 3,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 3,188 ha | -8.9% |
| 2005 | 4,380 ha | +37.4% |
| 2006 | 3,800 ha | -13.2% |
| 2007 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 3,190 ha | -20.2% |
| 2009 | 2,456 ha | -23.0% |
| 2010 | 3,216 ha | +30.9% |
| 2011 | 2,575 ha | -19.9% |
| 2012 | 3,197 ha | +24.2% |
| 2013 | 3,174 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 3,165 ha | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 3,156 ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,519 ha | -20.2% |
| 2017 | 3,294 ha | +30.8% |
| 2018 | 3,450 ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 3,606 ha | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 3,687 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 4,615 ha | +25.2% |
| 2022 | 4,480 ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 3,391 ha | -24.3% |
| 2024 | 3,938 ha | +16.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 3,938 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 610 ha, 6.5× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,389 ha | 3,295 ha | 3,526 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,076 ha | 2,720 ha | 3,340 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,824 ha | 1,970 ha | 3,520 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,128 ha | 3,700 ha | 4,580 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,453 ha | 2,456 ha | 4,380 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,135 ha | 2,519 ha | 3,606 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,022 ha | 3,391 ha | 4,615 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Australia?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Australia was 3,938 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?
- The highest recorded value was 4,615 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,970 ha in 1981.
- How does Australia rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 39th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.