Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Northern Europe
Northern Europe: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 1,360 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Northern Europe, 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 Europe is 1,360 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 13.9% on the previous year and down 53.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Northern Europe peaked at 7,566 ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 1,360 ha, in 2024.
Northern Europe ranks 24th of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Northern Europe, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1965 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1966 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 3,500 ha | -10.3% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | +71.4% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1970 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,500 ha | -44.4% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 3,600 ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 6,520 ha | +160.8% |
| 1986 | 6,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 6,520 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 5,920 ha | -9.2% |
| 1989 | 5,228 ha | -11.7% |
| 1990 | 2,894 ha | -44.6% |
| 1991 | 2,886 ha | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 7,298 ha | +152.9% |
| 1993 | 7,171 ha | -1.7% |
| 1994 | 6,863 ha | -4.3% |
| 1995 | 7,566 ha | +10.2% |
| 1996 | 6,037 ha | -20.2% |
| 1997 | 5,327 ha | -11.8% |
| 1998 | 5,129 ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 4,698 ha | -8.4% |
| 2000 | 4,483 ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 5,341 ha | +19.1% |
| 2002 | 4,516 ha | -15.4% |
| 2003 | 4,443 ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 4,325 ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 4,179 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 4,819 ha | +15.3% |
| 2007 | 3,701 ha | -23.2% |
| 2008 | 3,206 ha | -13.4% |
| 2009 | 3,097 ha | -3.4% |
| 2010 | 2,957 ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 3,013 ha | +1.9% |
| 2012 | 2,951 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 2,990 ha | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 2,902 ha | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 2,760 ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 2,705 ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 2,595 ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 2,005 ha | -22.7% |
| 2019 | 1,960 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 1,962 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,871 ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 1,801 ha | -3.7% |
| 2023 | 1,580 ha | -12.3% |
| 2024 | 1,360 ha | -13.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,633 ha | 3,500 ha | 6,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,750 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,371 ha | 2,000 ha | 6,520 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,587 ha | 2,886 ha | 7,566 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,211 ha | 3,097 ha | 5,341 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,684 ha | 1,960 ha | 3,013 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,715 ha | 1,360 ha | 1,962 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Northern Europe?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Northern Europe was 1,360 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 7,566 ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Northern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,360 ha in 2024.
- How does Northern Europe rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Northern Europe ranks 24th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Northern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern Europe 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.