Plums and sloes — Area harvested in European Union (27)
European Union (27): Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 156,660 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in European Union (27), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — area harvested in European Union (27) is 156,660 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in European Union (27) peaked at 329,610 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 59,169 ha, in 1961.
That places European Union (27) 6th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in European Union (27), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 59,169 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60,680 ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 62,084 ha | +2.3% |
| 1964 | 64,938 ha | +4.6% |
| 1965 | 63,284 ha | -2.5% |
| 1966 | 72,454 ha | +14.5% |
| 1967 | 70,764 ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 70,701 ha | -0.1% |
| 1969 | 71,789 ha | +1.5% |
| 1970 | 72,154 ha | +0.5% |
| 1971 | 78,720 ha | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 72,627 ha | -7.7% |
| 1973 | 73,936 ha | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 74,172 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 70,629 ha | -4.8% |
| 1976 | 67,437 ha | -4.5% |
| 1977 | 66,308 ha | -1.7% |
| 1978 | 65,462 ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 64,847 ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 64,338 ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 72,072 ha | +12.0% |
| 1982 | 72,250 ha | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 70,529 ha | -2.4% |
| 1984 | 69,816 ha | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 329,610 ha | +372.1% |
| 1986 | 303,017 ha | -8.1% |
| 1987 | 276,048 ha | -8.9% |
| 1988 | 299,180 ha | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 279,113 ha | -6.7% |
| 1990 | 263,392 ha | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 246,214 ha | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 245,471 ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 270,062 ha | +10.0% |
| 1994 | 252,738 ha | -6.4% |
| 1995 | 260,193 ha | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 270,647 ha | +4.0% |
| 1997 | 251,550 ha | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 264,825 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 251,278 ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 233,608 ha | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 232,892 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 214,958 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 218,085 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 218,479 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 206,808 ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 191,624 ha | -7.3% |
| 2007 | 189,190 ha | -1.3% |
| 2008 | 181,341 ha | -4.1% |
| 2009 | 181,018 ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 172,767 ha | -4.6% |
| 2011 | 172,126 ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 165,286 ha | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 164,415 ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 159,500 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 155,492 ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 153,602 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 155,946 ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 153,430 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 154,530 ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 160,370 ha | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 157,690 ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 156,660 ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 157,070 ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 156,660 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 66,207 ha | 59,169 ha | 72,454 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 70,629 ha | 64,847 ha | 78,720 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 183,597 ha | 64,338 ha | 329,610 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 257,637 ha | 245,471 ha | 270,647 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 206,800 ha | 181,018 ha | 233,608 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 160,709 ha | 153,430 ha | 172,767 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 157,690 ha | 156,660 ha | 160,370 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near European Union (27)
- 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
- 8 Russian Federation 43,210 ha compare
- 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36,703 ha compare
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- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.62 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -2.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.8098 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in European Union (27)?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in European Union (27) was 156,660 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The highest recorded value was 329,610 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in European Union (27)?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,169 ha in 1961.
- How does European Union (27) rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- European Union (27) ranks 6th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in European Union (27)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this European Union (27) 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.