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.
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
- 36 Australia and New Zealand 4,218 ha compare
- 37 Montenegro 4,074 ha compare
- 38 Croatia 4,040 ha compare
- 40 Egypt, Arab Republic of 3,529 ha compare
- 41 Tunisia 3,393 ha compare
- 42 Armenia, Republic of 3,068 ha compare
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)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (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.