Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Romania
Romania: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 66,840 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Romania, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — area harvested in Romania stood at 66,840 ha.
The figure is down 1.3% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Romania peaked at 104,322 ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 65,114 ha, in 2016.
That places Romania 7th out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 40 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Romania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 93,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 91,000 ha | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 91,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 91,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 91,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 90,000 ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 102,917 ha | +14.4% |
| 1992 | 101,116 ha | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 104,322 ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 101,536 ha | -2.7% |
| 1995 | 102,128 ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 100,172 ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 98,618 ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 99,153 ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 98,781 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 95,661 ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 96,018 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 87,781 ha | -8.6% |
| 2003 | 94,489 ha | +7.6% |
| 2004 | 96,996 ha | +2.7% |
| 2005 | 93,866 ha | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 78,940 ha | -15.9% |
| 2007 | 76,225 ha | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 75,292 ha | -1.2% |
| 2009 | 74,688 ha | -0.8% |
| 2010 | 69,288 ha | -7.2% |
| 2011 | 68,197 ha | -1.6% |
| 2012 | 68,478 ha | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 68,008 ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 66,552 ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 65,671 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 65,114 ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 66,679 ha | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 65,910 ha | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 65,580 ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 67,010 ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 66,730 ha | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 66,710 ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 67,740 ha | +1.5% |
| 2024 | 66,840 ha | -1.3% |
Romania compared with similar countries
- Romania's 66,840 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 610 ha, 109.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Romania's 66,840 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,559 ha, 26.1× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 91,400 ha | 91,000 ha | 93,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 99,874 ha | 90,000 ha | 104,322 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 86,996 ha | 74,688 ha | 96,996 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 66,948 ha | 65,114 ha | 69,288 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 67,006 ha | 66,710 ha | 67,740 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Romania
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 17,094 ha compare
- 4 Yugoslav SFR 172,500 ha compare
- 5 Serbia and Montenegro 136,060 ha compare
- 6 Serbia 74,082 ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 4,069 ha compare
- 7 United Republic of Tanzania 630 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 419 ha compare
- 8 Russian Federation 43,210 ha compare
- 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36,703 ha compare
- 10 Czechoslovakia 18,500 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Romania
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 19.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.03 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 676.39 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1768 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4783 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Romania?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Romania was 66,840 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The highest recorded value was 104,322 ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Romania?
- The lowest recorded value was 65,114 ha in 2016.
- How does Romania rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Romania ranks 7th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Romania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Romania 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.