Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Caribbean
Caribbean: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 100 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Caribbean, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 100 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 39.8% on the previous year and down 51.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Caribbean peaked at 213 ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 100 ha, in 2024.
Caribbean ranks 25th of 25 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 150 ha | — |
| 1986 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 134 ha | -10.7% |
| 1991 | 155 ha | +15.7% |
| 1992 | 160 ha | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 160 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 165 ha | +3.1% |
| 1995 | 170 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 172 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 174 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 180 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 179 ha | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 182 ha | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 185 ha | +1.6% |
| 2003 | 187 ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 190 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 192 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 194 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 200 ha | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 198 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 199 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 200 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 201 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 200 ha | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 205 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 207 ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 208 ha | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 208 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 209 ha | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 211 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 213 ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 201 ha | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 189 ha | -6.0% |
| 2022 | 178 ha | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 166 ha | -6.7% |
| 2024 | 100 ha | -39.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -39.8% | 166 ha | 100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 150 ha | 150 ha | 150 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 164 ha | 134 ha | 180 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 190.6 ha | 179 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 206.2 ha | 200 ha | 213 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 166.8 ha | 100 ha | 201 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 22 Mexico 10,910 ha compare
- 23 Tajikistan 10,766 ha compare
- 24 South Africa 10,728 ha compare
- 25 Libya 10,654 ha compare
- 26 Bulgaria 9,580 ha compare
- 27 Georgia 9,328 ha compare
- 28 North Macedonia 9,261 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 14.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 9.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 11.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 7.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 9.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Caribbean?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Caribbean was 100 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 213 ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 ha in 2024.
- How does Caribbean rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 25th out of 25 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.