Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Egypt
Egypt: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 3,529 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — area harvested in Egypt stood at 3,529 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and up 241.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Egypt peaked at 3,529 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 218 ha, in 1966.
Egypt ranks 40th of 90 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Egypt, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 382 ha | — |
| 1962 | 242 ha | -36.6% |
| 1963 | 242 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 275 ha | +13.6% |
| 1965 | 280 ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 218 ha | -22.1% |
| 1967 | 420 ha | +92.7% |
| 1968 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 420 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 803 ha | +91.2% |
| 1977 | 957 ha | +19.2% |
| 1978 | 1,139 ha | +19.0% |
| 1979 | 1,255 ha | +10.2% |
| 1980 | 1,943 ha | +54.8% |
| 1981 | 1,976 ha | +1.7% |
| 1982 | 2,100 ha | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +19.0% |
| 1984 | 2,520 ha | +0.8% |
| 1985 | 2,940 ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 3,360 ha | +14.3% |
| 1987 | 3,360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,365 ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 3,365 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,434 ha | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 3,338 ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 3,399 ha | +1.8% |
| 1993 | 3,150 ha | -7.3% |
| 1994 | 3,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 2,744 ha | -8.5% |
| 1996 | 2,554 ha | -6.9% |
| 1997 | 2,276 ha | -10.9% |
| 1998 | 1,927 ha | -15.3% |
| 1999 | 1,847 ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 1,693 ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 1,638 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 1,472 ha | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 1,241 ha | -15.7% |
| 2004 | 1,244 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,250 ha | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,107 ha | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 1,012 ha | -8.6% |
| 2008 | 1,029 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 1,022 ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 1,034 ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 1,037 ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,089 ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 1,092 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,033 ha | -5.4% |
| 2015 | 1,039 ha | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 1,056 ha | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 1,071 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 1,150 ha | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 1,265 ha | +10.0% |
| 2020 | 1,390 ha | +9.9% |
| 2021 | 2,871 ha | +106.5% |
| 2022 | 3,417 ha | +19.0% |
| 2023 | 3,432 ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 3,529 ha | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 322.11 ha | 218 ha | 420 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 667.4 ha | 420 ha | 1,255 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,743 ha | 1,943 ha | 3,365 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,767 ha | 1,847 ha | 3,434 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,271 ha | 1,012 ha | 1,693 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,087 ha | 1,033 ha | 1,265 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,928 ha | 1,390 ha | 3,529 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 16.55 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 16.55 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Egypt?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Egypt was 3,529 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 3,529 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 218 ha in 1966.
- How does Egypt rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 40th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 241.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Egypt 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.