Plums and sloes — Area harvested in China
China: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 2.00 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in China, 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 China is 2.00 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in China peaked at 2.02 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 63,800 ha, in 1961.
That places China 1st 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,800 ha | — |
| 1962 | 66,850 ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 69,138 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 76,214 ha | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 81,313 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 106,341 ha | +30.8% |
| 1967 | 111,444 ha | +4.8% |
| 1968 | 126,761 ha | +13.7% |
| 1969 | 116,837 ha | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 126,834 ha | +8.6% |
| 1971 | 131,903 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 122,017 ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 111,616 ha | -8.5% |
| 1974 | 141,968 ha | +27.2% |
| 1975 | 132,115 ha | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 147,061 ha | +11.3% |
| 1977 | 151,987 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 137,073 ha | -9.8% |
| 1979 | 97,132 ha | -29.1% |
| 1980 | 107,251 ha | +10.4% |
| 1981 | 112,363 ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 142,578 ha | +26.9% |
| 1983 | 142,440 ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 168,237 ha | +18.1% |
| 1985 | 263,560 ha | +56.7% |
| 1986 | 344,543 ha | +30.7% |
| 1987 | 351,387 ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 468,177 ha | +33.2% |
| 1989 | 547,908 ha | +17.0% |
| 1990 | 547,942 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 592,833 ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 677,798 ha | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 747,524 ha | +10.3% |
| 1994 | 857,069 ha | +14.7% |
| 1995 | 885,353 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 904,514 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 831,317 ha | -8.1% |
| 1998 | 1.21 million ha | +45.0% |
| 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 | +3.6% |
| 2004 | 1.50 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 1.50 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 1.52 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 | 1.67 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1.73 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 1.82 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 | 1.94 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 | 2.00 million ha | -0.3% |
China compared with similar countries
- China's 2.00 million ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4,954 ha, 402.9× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in China 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +56.7% | 168,237 ha | 263,560 ha |
| 1998 | +45.0% | 831,317 ha | 1.21 million ha |
| 1979 | -29.1% | 137,073 ha | 97,132 ha |
| 1988 | +33.2% | 351,387 ha | 468,177 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 90,966 ha | 63,800 ha | 126,761 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 129,971 ha | 97,132 ha | 151,987 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 264,844 ha | 107,251 ha | 547,908 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 855,406 ha | 547,942 ha | 1.30 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.50 million ha | 1.35 million ha | 1.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.86 million ha | 1.67 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
- 2 China, mainland 1.99 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 21,586 ha compare
- 3 Republic of Moldova 17,109 ha compare
- 3 USSR 260,000 ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17,094 ha compare
- 4 Yugoslav SFR 172,500 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in China?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in China was 2.00 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?
- The highest recorded value was 2.02 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in China?
- The lowest recorded value was 63,800 ha in 1961.
- How does China rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- China ranks 1st out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in China?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China 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.