Plums and sloes — Area harvested in India
India: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 18,050 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in India, 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 India is 18,050 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in India peaked at 26,000 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2,700 ha, in 1963.
India ranks 12th of 90 countries on this measure, 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 India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 2,700 ha | -15.6% |
| 1964 | 3,700 ha | +37.0% |
| 1965 | 3,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1966 | 3,700 ha | +5.7% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 1968 | 4,200 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 4,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1971 | 5,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1972 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1973 | 4,700 ha | +4.4% |
| 1974 | 5,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1975 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1977 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 6,500 ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 6,700 ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 7,000 ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 7,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 8,800 ha | +17.3% |
| 1985 | 10,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 1986 | 8,250 ha | -17.5% |
| 1987 | 14,339 ha | +73.8% |
| 1988 | 14,590 ha | +1.8% |
| 1989 | 14,707 ha | +0.8% |
| 1990 | 12,500 ha | -15.0% |
| 1991 | 13,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1992 | 13,500 ha | +3.8% |
| 1993 | 13,800 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 15,283 ha | +10.7% |
| 1995 | 16,164 ha | +5.8% |
| 1996 | 17,660 ha | +9.3% |
| 1997 | 18,941 ha | +7.3% |
| 1998 | 19,693 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 22,632 ha | +14.9% |
| 2000 | 24,477 ha | +8.2% |
| 2001 | 21,446 ha | -12.4% |
| 2002 | 21,361 ha | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 21,263 ha | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 21,156 ha | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 20,876 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 20,720 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 20,559 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 20,395 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 20,228 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 20,060 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 14,000 ha | -30.2% |
| 2012 | 26,000 ha | +85.7% |
| 2013 | 24,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2014 | 23,000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 23,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 22,395 ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 23,538 ha | +5.1% |
| 2018 | 23,434 ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 23,403 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 23,421 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 23,511 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 23,868 ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 17,782 ha | -25.5% |
| 2024 | 18,050 ha | +1.5% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 18,050 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,055 ha, 8.8× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in India changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +85.7% | 14,000 ha | 26,000 ha |
| 1987 | +73.8% | 8,250 ha | 14,339 ha |
| 1964 | +37.0% | 2,700 ha | 3,700 ha |
| 2011 | -30.2% | 20,060 ha | 14,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,611 ha | 2,700 ha | 4,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,480 ha | 4,500 ha | 6,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,919 ha | 7,000 ha | 14,707 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,317 ha | 12,500 ha | 22,632 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,248 ha | 20,228 ha | 24,477 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,283 ha | 14,000 ha | 26,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 21,326 ha | 17,782 ha | 23,868 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in India?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in India was 18,050 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 26,000 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,700 ha in 1963.
- How does India rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- India ranks 12th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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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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.