Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 2.01 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — area harvested in Eastern Asia stood at 2.01 million ha.
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 Eastern Asia peaked at 2.03 million ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 72,470 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Asia 2nd out of 25 groups 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 Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 72,470 ha | — |
| 1962 | 75,990 ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 78,858 ha | +3.8% |
| 1964 | 86,814 ha | +10.1% |
| 1965 | 93,213 ha | +7.4% |
| 1966 | 119,741 ha | +28.5% |
| 1967 | 126,144 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 142,449 ha | +12.9% |
| 1969 | 132,840 ha | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 143,025 ha | +7.7% |
| 1971 | 148,769 ha | +4.0% |
| 1972 | 139,056 ha | -6.5% |
| 1973 | 128,869 ha | -7.3% |
| 1974 | 159,255 ha | +23.6% |
| 1975 | 149,582 ha | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 164,599 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 168,738 ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 153,773 ha | -8.9% |
| 1979 | 114,632 ha | -25.5% |
| 1980 | 125,451 ha | +9.4% |
| 1981 | 131,282 ha | +4.6% |
| 1982 | 162,238 ha | +23.6% |
| 1983 | 162,523 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 188,591 ha | +16.0% |
| 1985 | 284,389 ha | +50.8% |
| 1986 | 365,435 ha | +28.5% |
| 1987 | 372,165 ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 488,771 ha | +31.3% |
| 1989 | 569,163 ha | +16.4% |
| 1990 | 569,833 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 614,757 ha | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 699,931 ha | +13.9% |
| 1993 | 769,701 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 879,139 ha | +14.2% |
| 1995 | 905,246 ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 924,767 ha | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 851,843 ha | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 1.23 million ha | +43.9% |
| 1999 | 1.31 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2000 | 1.46 million ha | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 1.36 million ha | -6.8% |
| 2002 | 1.37 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 1.42 million ha | +3.7% |
| 2004 | 1.51 million ha | +5.9% |
| 2005 | 1.51 million ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 1.53 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 1.56 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 1.66 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 1.67 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 1.67 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1.74 million ha | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 1.82 million ha | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 1.86 million ha | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 1.86 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1.92 million ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 1.93 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 1.95 million ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 1.97 million ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 2.00 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 2.03 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 2.00 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 2.01 million ha | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 2.01 million ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2.01 million ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 103,169 ha | 72,470 ha | 142,449 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 147,030 ha | 114,632 ha | 168,738 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 285,001 ha | 125,451 ha | 569,163 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 875,334 ha | 569,833 ha | 1.31 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.51 million ha | 1.36 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.87 million ha | 1.67 million ha | 2.00 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.01 million ha | 2.00 million ha | 2.03 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 1 China 2.00 million ha compare
- 2 China, mainland 1.99 million ha compare
- 3 USSR 260,000 ha compare
- 4 Yugoslav SFR 172,500 ha compare
- 5 Serbia and Montenegro 136,060 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -3.14 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.2976 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.5024 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.2031 % change on previous year (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 325,506 ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 12.10 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 454.78 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.12 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,071 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Eastern Asia?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Eastern Asia was 2.01 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 Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.03 million ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 72,470 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 2nd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.