Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 187,877 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Eastern Europe recorded 187,877 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.6% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Eastern Europe peaked at 468,341 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 160,871 ha, in 1961.
That places Eastern Europe 4th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Eastern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 160,871 ha | — |
| 1962 | 165,443 ha | +2.8% |
| 1963 | 169,742 ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 173,042 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 187,195 ha | +8.2% |
| 1966 | 198,175 ha | +5.9% |
| 1967 | 192,627 ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 198,636 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 201,819 ha | +1.6% |
| 1970 | 292,756 ha | +45.1% |
| 1971 | 253,031 ha | -13.6% |
| 1972 | 288,904 ha | +14.2% |
| 1973 | 301,524 ha | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 308,387 ha | +2.3% |
| 1975 | 256,827 ha | -16.7% |
| 1976 | 234,558 ha | -8.7% |
| 1977 | 262,715 ha | +12.0% |
| 1978 | 266,789 ha | +1.6% |
| 1979 | 165,452 ha | -38.0% |
| 1980 | 310,395 ha | +87.6% |
| 1981 | 299,132 ha | -3.6% |
| 1982 | 257,208 ha | -14.0% |
| 1983 | 253,112 ha | -1.6% |
| 1984 | 241,930 ha | -4.4% |
| 1985 | 468,341 ha | +93.6% |
| 1986 | 443,934 ha | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 406,871 ha | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 417,917 ha | +2.7% |
| 1989 | 453,627 ha | +8.5% |
| 1990 | 455,961 ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 435,883 ha | -4.4% |
| 1992 | 321,048 ha | -26.3% |
| 1993 | 309,378 ha | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 304,305 ha | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 309,432 ha | +1.7% |
| 1996 | 322,963 ha | +4.4% |
| 1997 | 316,319 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 287,149 ha | -9.2% |
| 1999 | 277,635 ha | -3.3% |
| 2000 | 271,913 ha | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 271,850 ha | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 254,414 ha | -6.4% |
| 2003 | 252,081 ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 256,152 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 241,728 ha | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 223,458 ha | -7.6% |
| 2007 | 221,550 ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 194,948 ha | -12.0% |
| 2009 | 192,973 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 186,400 ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 185,781 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 183,693 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 178,179 ha | -3.0% |
| 2014 | 174,233 ha | -2.2% |
| 2015 | 174,764 ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 179,415 ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 176,136 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 184,163 ha | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 185,066 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 193,372 ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 194,746 ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 197,197 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 190,967 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 187,877 ha | -1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 183,061 ha | 160,871 ha | 201,819 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 263,094 ha | 165,452 ha | 308,387 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 355,247 ha | 241,930 ha | 468,341 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 334,007 ha | 277,635 ha | 455,961 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 238,107 ha | 192,973 ha | 271,913 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 180,783 ha | 174,233 ha | 186,400 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 192,832 ha | 187,877 ha | 197,197 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Europe
- 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
- 6 Serbia 74,082 ha compare
- 7 Romania 66,840 ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -1.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 2.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 7.06 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 49,927 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Eastern Europe?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Eastern Europe was 187,877 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 468,341 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Eastern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 160,871 ha in 1961.
- How does Eastern Europe rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Eastern Europe ranks 4th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Eastern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eastern Europe 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.