Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 261 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — area harvested in Eswatini stood at 261 ha.
That represents a change of down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 550 ha in 1998 and was at its lowest, 150 ha, in 2003.
Eswatini ranks 72nd of 90 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 250 ha | — |
| 1994 | 318 ha | +27.2% |
| 1995 | 376 ha | +18.2% |
| 1996 | 433 ha | +15.2% |
| 1997 | 500 ha | +15.5% |
| 1998 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 500 ha | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 320 ha | -36.0% |
| 2002 | 250 ha | -21.9% |
| 2003 | 150 ha | -40.0% |
| 2004 | 204 ha | +36.0% |
| 2005 | 260 ha | +27.5% |
| 2006 | 205 ha | -21.2% |
| 2007 | 221 ha | +7.8% |
| 2008 | 230 ha | +4.1% |
| 2009 | 239 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 250 ha | +4.6% |
| 2011 | 257 ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 260 ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 281 ha | +8.1% |
| 2014 | 292 ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 243 ha | -16.8% |
| 2016 | 272 ha | +11.9% |
| 2017 | 269 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 264 ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 262 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 260 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 261 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 261 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 261 ha | +0.0% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 261 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,055 ha, 13% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 261 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 233 ha, 1.1× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 425.29 ha | 250 ha | 550 ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 257.9 ha | 150 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 265 ha | 243 ha | 292 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 260.6 ha | 260 ha | 261 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 69 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 320 ha compare
- 70 Jordan 293 ha compare
- 71 New Zealand 280 ha compare
- 73 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 250 ha compare
- 74 Kenya 233 ha compare
- 75 Austria 210 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Eswatini was 261 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 550 ha in 1998.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 ha in 2003.
- How does Eswatini rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 72nd out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.