Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Morocco
Morocco: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 16,463 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Morocco, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — area harvested in Morocco stood at 16,463 ha.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Morocco peaked at 16,582 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,000 ha, in 1989.
Morocco ranks 15th of 90 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Morocco, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 6,500 ha | — |
| 1986 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 7,000 ha | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1990 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1991 | 6,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 7,000 ha | +6.1% |
| 1993 | 7,400 ha | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 7,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6,800 ha | -8.1% |
| 1996 | 6,900 ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 6,700 ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 6,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 6,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 7,030 ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 6,800 ha | -3.3% |
| 2003 | 7,400 ha | +8.8% |
| 2004 | 7,500 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 7,900 ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 8,000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2007 | 8,183 ha | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 8,132 ha | -0.6% |
| 2009 | 8,608 ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 8,951 ha | +4.0% |
| 2011 | 7,542 ha | -15.7% |
| 2012 | 8,491 ha | +12.6% |
| 2013 | 14,618 ha | +72.2% |
| 2014 | 14,816 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 14,056 ha | -5.1% |
| 2016 | 14,926 ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 15,351 ha | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 15,451 ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 15,790 ha | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 16,198 ha | +2.6% |
| 2021 | 14,186 ha | -12.4% |
| 2022 | 14,178 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 16,582 ha | +17.0% |
| 2024 | 16,463 ha | -0.7% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 16,463 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,055 ha, 8.0× the median. (16 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 16,463 ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 3,393 ha, 4.9× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +72.2% | 8,491 ha | 14,618 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6,500 ha | 6,000 ha | 7,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 6,880 ha | 6,500 ha | 7,400 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,635 ha | 6,800 ha | 8,608 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,999 ha | 7,542 ha | 15,790 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,521 ha | 14,178 ha | 16,582 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Morocco?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Morocco was 16,463 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 16,582 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1989.
- How does Morocco rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Morocco ranks 15th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.