Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 19,294 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — area harvested in Northern America stood at 19,294 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.5% on the previous year and down 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 58,550 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 19,017 ha, in 2023.
That places Northern America 18th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 52,780 ha | — |
| 1962 | 52,880 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 55,550 ha | +5.0% |
| 1964 | 56,980 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 56,720 ha | -0.5% |
| 1966 | 56,440 ha | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 57,030 ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 58,380 ha | +2.4% |
| 1969 | 58,540 ha | +0.3% |
| 1970 | 58,550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 55,719 ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 54,390 ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 53,280 ha | -2.0% |
| 1974 | 51,620 ha | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 51,340 ha | -0.5% |
| 1976 | 48,710 ha | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 49,180 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 48,450 ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 48,760 ha | +0.6% |
| 1980 | 46,900 ha | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 44,908 ha | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 46,010 ha | +2.5% |
| 1983 | 46,940 ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 47,390 ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 49,060 ha | +3.5% |
| 1986 | 50,090 ha | +2.1% |
| 1987 | 52,130 ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 53,410 ha | +2.5% |
| 1989 | 52,867 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 54,197 ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 53,828 ha | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 53,814 ha | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 54,190 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 54,459 ha | +0.5% |
| 1995 | 39,797 ha | -26.9% |
| 1996 | 54,583 ha | +37.2% |
| 1997 | 52,804 ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 53,130 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 52,164 ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 52,522 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 52,075 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 46,767 ha | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 45,531 ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 43,965 ha | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 41,988 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 40,758 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 39,686 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 39,030 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 38,118 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 36,018 ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 34,068 ha | -5.4% |
| 2012 | 31,963 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 29,204 ha | -8.6% |
| 2014 | 28,324 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 27,761 ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 24,802 ha | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 24,800 ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 24,401 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 23,964 ha | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 21,931 ha | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 19,871 ha | -9.4% |
| 2022 | 19,542 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 19,017 ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 19,294 ha | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56,144 ha | 52,780 ha | 58,540 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,000 ha | 48,450 ha | 58,550 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,970 ha | 44,908 ha | 53,410 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,297 ha | 39,797 ha | 54,583 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 44,044 ha | 38,118 ha | 52,522 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,530 ha | 23,964 ha | 36,018 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,931 ha | 19,017 ha | 21,931 ha | 5 |
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- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Northern America?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Northern America was 19,294 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 58,550 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,017 ha in 2023.
- How does Northern America rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 18th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern America 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.