Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 10,989 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa is 10,989 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.8% on the previous year and up 25.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Southern Africa peaked at 14,542 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,000 ha, in 1961.
Southern Africa ranks 20th of 25 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 2,200 ha | -8.3% |
| 1967 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 2,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 2,400 ha | +9.1% |
| 1973 | 2,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 2,300 ha | +15.0% |
| 1975 | 2,500 ha | +8.7% |
| 1976 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 2,600 ha | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 2,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,900 ha | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 3,105 ha | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 3,570 ha | +15.0% |
| 1992 | 3,311 ha | -7.3% |
| 1993 | 3,949 ha | +19.3% |
| 1994 | 4,518 ha | +14.4% |
| 1995 | 4,500 ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 4,533 ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 5,200 ha | +14.7% |
| 1998 | 5,150 ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 6,150 ha | +19.4% |
| 2000 | 4,658 ha | -24.3% |
| 2001 | 6,320 ha | +35.7% |
| 2002 | 5,750 ha | -9.0% |
| 2003 | 6,875 ha | +19.6% |
| 2004 | 7,227 ha | +5.1% |
| 2005 | 5,127 ha | -29.1% |
| 2006 | 4,276 ha | -16.6% |
| 2007 | 5,721 ha | +33.8% |
| 2008 | 6,730 ha | +17.6% |
| 2009 | 6,778 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 6,891 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 7,238 ha | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 6,785 ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 8,477 ha | +24.9% |
| 2014 | 8,736 ha | +3.1% |
| 2015 | 9,356 ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 10,383 ha | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 9,752 ha | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 9,779 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 8,404 ha | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 8,756 ha | +4.2% |
| 2021 | 12,978 ha | +48.2% |
| 2022 | 14,542 ha | +12.1% |
| 2023 | 12,453 ha | -14.4% |
| 2024 | 10,989 ha | -11.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,189 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,370 ha | 2,000 ha | 2,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,870 ha | 2,600 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,399 ha | 3,105 ha | 6,150 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,946 ha | 4,276 ha | 7,227 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,580 ha | 6,785 ha | 10,383 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,944 ha | 8,756 ha | 14,542 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Southern Africa?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Southern Africa was 10,989 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 14,542 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Southern Africa rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Southern Africa ranks 20th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.