Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 390 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — area harvested in Cyprus stood at 390 ha.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and down 24.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 575 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 170 ha, in 1994.
Cyprus ranks 65th of 90 countries on this measure, 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 Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 189 ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 ha | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 211 ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 222 ha | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 244 ha | +9.9% |
| 1966 | 267 ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +12.4% |
| 1968 | 333 ha | +11.0% |
| 1969 | 356 ha | +6.9% |
| 1970 | 378 ha | +6.2% |
| 1971 | 401 ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 375 ha | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 348 ha | -7.2% |
| 1974 | 334 ha | -4.0% |
| 1975 | 334 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 334 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 334 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 194 ha | -41.9% |
| 1979 | 194 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 207 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 221 ha | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 227 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 227 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 234 ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 174 ha | -25.6% |
| 1986 | 174 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 174 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 180 ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1992 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 190 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 170 ha | -10.5% |
| 1995 | 175 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 175 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 200 ha | +14.3% |
| 2000 | 240 ha | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 260 ha | +8.3% |
| 2003 | 255 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 270 ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 311 ha | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 411 ha | +32.2% |
| 2007 | 479 ha | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 335 ha | -30.1% |
| 2009 | 505 ha | +50.7% |
| 2010 | 511 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 477 ha | -6.7% |
| 2012 | 470 ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 510 ha | +8.5% |
| 2014 | 516 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 575 ha | +11.4% |
| 2016 | 451 ha | -21.6% |
| 2017 | 383 ha | -15.1% |
| 2018 | 370 ha | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 380 ha | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 430 ha | +13.2% |
| 2021 | 430 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 420 ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 380 ha | -9.5% |
| 2024 | 390 ha | +2.6% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 390 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 610 ha, 64% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Cyprus's 390 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,559 ha, 15% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Cyprus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +50.7% | 335 ha | 505 ha |
| 1978 | -41.9% | 334 ha | 194 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 258 ha | 189 ha | 356 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 322.6 ha | 194 ha | 401 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 199.8 ha | 174 ha | 234 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 185 ha | 170 ha | 200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 330.6 ha | 240 ha | 505 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 464.3 ha | 370 ha | 575 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 410 ha | 380 ha | 430 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Cyprus was 390 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 575 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 170 ha in 1994.
- How does Cyprus rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 65th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.