Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Poland
Poland: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 17,600 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Poland, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Poland recorded 17,600 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and up 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Poland peaked at 49,800 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 9,100 ha, in 1987.
Poland ranks 13th of 90 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Poland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 49,800 ha | — |
| 1986 | 38,500 ha | -22.7% |
| 1987 | 9,100 ha | -76.4% |
| 1988 | 26,300 ha | +189.0% |
| 1989 | 26,600 ha | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 21,000 ha | -21.1% |
| 1991 | 23,400 ha | +11.4% |
| 1992 | 28,600 ha | +22.2% |
| 1993 | 29,900 ha | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 30,000 ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 30,600 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 31,800 ha | +3.9% |
| 1997 | 31,700 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 30,017 ha | -5.3% |
| 1999 | 31,717 ha | +5.7% |
| 2000 | 31,720 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 31,596 ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 26,894 ha | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 24,979 ha | -7.1% |
| 2004 | 25,370 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 20,822 ha | -17.9% |
| 2006 | 21,120 ha | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 22,187 ha | +5.1% |
| 2008 | 21,129 ha | -4.8% |
| 2009 | 21,044 ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 17,880 ha | -15.0% |
| 2011 | 20,244 ha | +13.2% |
| 2012 | 19,307 ha | -4.6% |
| 2013 | 18,203 ha | -5.7% |
| 2014 | 16,537 ha | -9.2% |
| 2015 | 13,895 ha | -16.0% |
| 2016 | 14,506 ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 14,344 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 13,480 ha | -6.0% |
| 2019 | 13,630 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 18,700 ha | +37.2% |
| 2021 | 16,500 ha | -11.8% |
| 2022 | 16,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 16,900 ha | +2.4% |
| 2024 | 17,600 ha | +4.1% |
Poland compared with similar countries
- Poland's 17,600 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 610 ha, 28.9× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Poland's 17,600 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,559 ha, 6.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Poland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +189.0% | 9,100 ha | 26,300 ha |
| 1987 | -76.4% | 38,500 ha | 9,100 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 30,060 ha | 9,100 ha | 49,800 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 28,873 ha | 21,000 ha | 31,800 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 24,686 ha | 20,822 ha | 31,720 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,203 ha | 13,480 ha | 20,244 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,240 ha | 16,500 ha | 18,700 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Poland
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0245 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 697.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6232 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3991 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Poland?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Poland was 17,600 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Poland?
- The highest recorded value was 49,800 ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Poland?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,100 ha in 1987.
- How does Poland rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Poland ranks 13th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Poland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Poland 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.