Plums and sloes — Area harvested in South America
South America: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 40,347 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in South America, 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 South America is 40,347 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% on the previous year and down 16.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in South America peaked at 54,110 ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 3,385 ha, in 1973.
South America ranks 14th 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 South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,380 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,971 ha | -9.3% |
| 1963 | 4,234 ha | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 4,232 ha | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 4,184 ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 4,250 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 4,445 ha | +4.6% |
| 1968 | 4,624 ha | +4.0% |
| 1969 | 4,269 ha | -7.7% |
| 1970 | 4,164 ha | -2.5% |
| 1971 | 4,020 ha | -3.5% |
| 1972 | 3,622 ha | -9.9% |
| 1973 | 3,385 ha | -6.5% |
| 1974 | 3,573 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 3,954 ha | +10.7% |
| 1976 | 3,862 ha | -2.3% |
| 1977 | 4,088 ha | +5.9% |
| 1978 | 4,640 ha | +13.5% |
| 1979 | 4,508 ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 19,777 ha | +338.7% |
| 1981 | 20,386 ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 19,955 ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 20,781 ha | +4.1% |
| 1984 | 21,849 ha | +5.1% |
| 1985 | 21,662 ha | -0.9% |
| 1986 | 22,389 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 22,459 ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 19,695 ha | -12.3% |
| 1989 | 18,333 ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 21,996 ha | +20.0% |
| 1991 | 24,081 ha | +9.5% |
| 1992 | 27,574 ha | +14.5% |
| 1993 | 32,858 ha | +19.2% |
| 1994 | 36,513 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 40,384 ha | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 36,165 ha | -10.4% |
| 1997 | 30,778 ha | -14.9% |
| 1998 | 32,029 ha | +4.1% |
| 1999 | 30,806 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 29,506 ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 32,187 ha | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 33,999 ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 40,401 ha | +18.8% |
| 2004 | 33,957 ha | -16.0% |
| 2005 | 35,477 ha | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 37,769 ha | +6.5% |
| 2007 | 33,154 ha | -12.2% |
| 2008 | 36,214 ha | +9.2% |
| 2009 | 38,863 ha | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 43,443 ha | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 32,566 ha | -25.0% |
| 2012 | 54,110 ha | +66.2% |
| 2013 | 35,584 ha | -34.2% |
| 2014 | 48,366 ha | +35.9% |
| 2015 | 41,128 ha | -15.0% |
| 2016 | 39,867 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 40,418 ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 35,405 ha | -12.4% |
| 2019 | 40,007 ha | +13.0% |
| 2020 | 39,147 ha | -2.1% |
| 2021 | 39,370 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 39,129 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 38,706 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 40,347 ha | +4.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,288 ha | 3,971 ha | 4,624 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,982 ha | 3,385 ha | 4,640 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 20,729 ha | 18,333 ha | 22,459 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,318 ha | 21,996 ha | 40,384 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,153 ha | 29,506 ha | 40,401 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,089 ha | 32,566 ha | 54,110 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 39,340 ha | 38,706 ha | 40,347 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in South America?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in South America was 40,347 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 54,110 ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,385 ha in 1973.
- How does South America rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- South America ranks 14th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South 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.