Plums and sloes — Area harvested in China, mainland
China, mainland: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 1.99 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 1.99 million ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in China, mainland peaked at 2.02 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 63,000 ha, in 1961.
That places China, mainland 2nd out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 66,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 68,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 75,000 ha | +10.3% |
| 1965 | 80,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 105,000 ha | +31.2% |
| 1967 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 125,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 115,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1970 | 125,000 ha | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 130,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 120,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 110,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1974 | 140,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1975 | 130,000 ha | -7.1% |
| 1976 | 145,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 1977 | 150,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 135,000 ha | -10.0% |
| 1979 | 95,000 ha | -29.6% |
| 1980 | 105,000 ha | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 110,000 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 140,000 ha | +27.3% |
| 1983 | 140,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 165,000 ha | +17.9% |
| 1985 | 260,000 ha | +57.6% |
| 1986 | 340,000 ha | +30.8% |
| 1987 | 345,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 460,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1989 | 540,000 ha | +17.4% |
| 1990 | 540,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 585,000 ha | +8.3% |
| 1992 | 670,000 ha | +14.5% |
| 1993 | 740,000 ha | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 850,000 ha | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 879,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1996 | 899,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 826,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 1998 | 1.20 million ha | +45.3% |
| 1999 | 1.30 million ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 1.45 million ha | +11.5% |
| 2001 | 1.35 million ha | -6.9% |
| 2002 | 1.36 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 1.41 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 1.49 million ha | +6.0% |
| 2005 | 1.50 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 1.51 million ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 1.55 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 1.65 million ha | +6.7% |
| 2009 | 1.66 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.66 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.73 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 1.81 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 1.85 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.85 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.91 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 1.92 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.93 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.96 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 1.99 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 2.02 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 1.99 million ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 2.00 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2.00 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1.99 million ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 89,667 ha | 63,000 ha | 125,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 128,000 ha | 95,000 ha | 150,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 260,500 ha | 105,000 ha | 540,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 848,900 ha | 540,000 ha | 1.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.49 million ha | 1.35 million ha | 1.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.86 million ha | 1.66 million ha | 1.99 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.00 million ha | 1.99 million ha | 2.02 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 1 China 2.00 million ha compare
- 3 USSR 260,000 ha compare
- 4 Yugoslav SFR 172,500 ha compare
- 5 Serbia and Montenegro 136,060 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in China, mainland?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in China, mainland was 1.99 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 2.02 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,000 ha in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- China, mainland ranks 2nd out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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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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.