Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 44,989 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa is 44,989 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Northern Africa peaked at 48,639 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 5,170 ha, in 1973.
Northern Africa ranks 12th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,982 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,642 ha | -5.7% |
| 1963 | 6,042 ha | +7.1% |
| 1964 | 5,875 ha | -2.8% |
| 1965 | 6,280 ha | +6.9% |
| 1966 | 5,218 ha | -16.9% |
| 1967 | 5,520 ha | +5.8% |
| 1968 | 6,420 ha | +16.3% |
| 1969 | 5,620 ha | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 5,920 ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 5,920 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 5,420 ha | -8.4% |
| 1973 | 5,170 ha | -4.6% |
| 1974 | 5,610 ha | +8.5% |
| 1975 | 8,140 ha | +45.1% |
| 1976 | 7,603 ha | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 8,177 ha | +7.5% |
| 1978 | 8,759 ha | +7.1% |
| 1979 | 8,705 ha | -0.6% |
| 1980 | 10,823 ha | +24.3% |
| 1981 | 12,276 ha | +13.4% |
| 1982 | 14,650 ha | +19.3% |
| 1983 | 16,650 ha | +13.7% |
| 1984 | 16,990 ha | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 23,990 ha | +41.2% |
| 1986 | 23,810 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 25,110 ha | +5.5% |
| 1988 | 23,615 ha | -6.0% |
| 1989 | 23,415 ha | -0.8% |
| 1990 | 24,734 ha | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 24,718 ha | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 25,387 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 26,590 ha | +4.7% |
| 1994 | 27,130 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 25,214 ha | -7.1% |
| 1996 | 26,024 ha | +3.2% |
| 1997 | 25,026 ha | -3.8% |
| 1998 | 24,407 ha | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 25,057 ha | +2.7% |
| 2000 | 24,876 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 24,311 ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 24,992 ha | +2.8% |
| 2003 | 26,576 ha | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 26,614 ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 30,142 ha | +13.3% |
| 2006 | 32,623 ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 34,048 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 34,919 ha | +2.6% |
| 2009 | 36,235 ha | +3.8% |
| 2010 | 44,142 ha | +21.8% |
| 2011 | 42,297 ha | -4.2% |
| 2012 | 42,180 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 48,639 ha | +15.3% |
| 2014 | 44,432 ha | -8.6% |
| 2015 | 43,550 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 48,076 ha | +10.4% |
| 2017 | 47,686 ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 43,198 ha | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 43,895 ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 44,559 ha | +1.5% |
| 2021 | 42,533 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 43,506 ha | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 45,882 ha | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 44,989 ha | -1.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,844 ha | 5,218 ha | 6,420 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,942 ha | 5,170 ha | 8,759 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,133 ha | 10,823 ha | 25,110 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,429 ha | 24,407 ha | 27,130 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,534 ha | 24,311 ha | 36,235 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 44,810 ha | 42,180 ha | 48,639 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,294 ha | 42,533 ha | 45,882 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Northern Africa?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Northern Africa was 44,989 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 48,639 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,170 ha in 1973.
- How does Northern Africa rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Northern Africa ranks 12th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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.