Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 1,459 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 1,459 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 7.5% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,880 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 345 ha, in 1982.
Eastern Africa ranks 23rd of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 470 ha | -21.7% |
| 1965 | 620 ha | +31.9% |
| 1966 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 700 ha | +12.9% |
| 1968 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 780 ha | +11.4% |
| 1970 | 850 ha | +9.0% |
| 1971 | 900 ha | +5.9% |
| 1972 | 950 ha | +5.6% |
| 1973 | 1,080 ha | +13.7% |
| 1974 | 1,160 ha | +7.4% |
| 1975 | 1,175 ha | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 1,450 ha | +23.4% |
| 1977 | 1,880 ha | +29.7% |
| 1978 | 1,810 ha | -3.7% |
| 1979 | 1,805 ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 1,500 ha | -16.9% |
| 1981 | 357 ha | -76.2% |
| 1982 | 345 ha | -3.4% |
| 1983 | 345 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 350 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 370 ha | +5.7% |
| 1986 | 390 ha | +5.4% |
| 1987 | 410 ha | +5.1% |
| 1988 | 410 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 418 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 439 ha | +5.0% |
| 1991 | 415 ha | -5.5% |
| 1992 | 1,289 ha | +210.6% |
| 1993 | 1,289 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,150 ha | -10.8% |
| 1995 | 1,096 ha | -4.7% |
| 1996 | 1,131 ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 1,122 ha | -0.8% |
| 1998 | 1,168 ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 1,156 ha | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 1,173 ha | +1.5% |
| 2001 | 1,131 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 1,227 ha | +8.5% |
| 2003 | 1,314 ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 1,361 ha | +3.6% |
| 2005 | 1,396 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 1,465 ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 1,564 ha | +6.8% |
| 2008 | 1,543 ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 1,432 ha | -7.2% |
| 2010 | 1,270 ha | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 1,127 ha | -11.3% |
| 2012 | 1,185 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 1,254 ha | +5.8% |
| 2014 | 1,353 ha | +7.9% |
| 2015 | 1,379 ha | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 1,353 ha | -1.9% |
| 2017 | 1,332 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 1,324 ha | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,330 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,312 ha | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 1,380 ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 1,376 ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,357 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 1,459 ha | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 632.22 ha | 470 ha | 780 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,306 ha | 850 ha | 1,880 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 489.5 ha | 345 ha | 1,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,026 ha | 415 ha | 1,289 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,361 ha | 1,131 ha | 1,564 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,291 ha | 1,127 ha | 1,379 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,377 ha | 1,312 ha | 1,459 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Eastern Africa?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Eastern Africa was 1,459 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,880 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 345 ha in 1982.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Eastern Africa ranks 23rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.