Plums and sloes — Area harvested in New Zealand
New Zealand: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 280 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in New Zealand, 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 New Zealand is 280 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in New Zealand peaked at 546 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 278 ha, in 2022.
New Zealand ranks 71st of 90 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 290 ha | — |
| 1962 | 292 ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 281 ha | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | +6.8% |
| 1965 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 312 ha | -2.5% |
| 1967 | 320 ha | +2.6% |
| 1968 | 336 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 345 ha | +2.7% |
| 1970 | 352 ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 364 ha | +3.4% |
| 1972 | 372 ha | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 375 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 376 ha | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 379 ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 379 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 326 ha | -14.0% |
| 1978 | 341 ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 349 ha | +2.3% |
| 1980 | 357 ha | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 465 ha | +30.3% |
| 1982 | 546 ha | +17.4% |
| 1983 | 398 ha | -27.1% |
| 1984 | 338 ha | -15.1% |
| 1985 | 350 ha | +3.6% |
| 1986 | 342 ha | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 355 ha | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 330 ha | -7.0% |
| 1989 | 303 ha | -8.2% |
| 1990 | 324 ha | +6.9% |
| 1991 | 300 ha | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 310 ha | +3.3% |
| 1993 | 303 ha | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 342 ha | +12.9% |
| 1995 | 336 ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 303 ha | -9.8% |
| 1997 | 303 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 305 ha | +0.7% |
| 1999 | 326 ha | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 408 ha | +25.2% |
| 2001 | 401 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 394 ha | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 426 ha | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 390 ha | -8.5% |
| 2005 | 333 ha | -14.6% |
| 2006 | 330 ha | -0.9% |
| 2007 | 377 ha | +14.2% |
| 2008 | 390 ha | +3.4% |
| 2009 | 343 ha | -12.1% |
| 2010 | 365 ha | +6.4% |
| 2011 | 361 ha | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 362 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 342 ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 372 ha | +8.8% |
| 2015 | 355 ha | -4.6% |
| 2016 | 357 ha | +0.6% |
| 2017 | 290 ha | -18.8% |
| 2018 | 337 ha | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 331 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 375 ha | +13.3% |
| 2021 | 375 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 278 ha | -25.9% |
| 2023 | 278 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 280 ha | +0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 310.67 ha | 281 ha | 345 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 361.3 ha | 326 ha | 379 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 378.4 ha | 303 ha | 546 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 315.2 ha | 300 ha | 342 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 379.2 ha | 330 ha | 426 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 347.2 ha | 290 ha | 372 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 317.2 ha | 278 ha | 375 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 69 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 320 ha compare
- 70 Jordan 293 ha compare
- 72 Eswatini 261 ha compare
- 73 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 250 ha compare
- 74 Kenya 233 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in New Zealand?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in New Zealand was 280 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 546 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 278 ha in 2022.
- How does New Zealand rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- New Zealand ranks 71st out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.