Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Spain
Spain: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 12,640 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Spain, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Spain recorded 12,640 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Spain peaked at 21,500 ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 2,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Spain 19th out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Spain, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,400 ha | +4.3% |
| 1963 | 2,400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,800 ha | +58.3% |
| 1965 | 4,500 ha | +18.4% |
| 1966 | 4,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 1967 | 4,700 ha | +6.8% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1969 | 5,600 ha | +12.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | +7.1% |
| 1971 | 6,500 ha | +8.3% |
| 1972 | 8,200 ha | +26.2% |
| 1973 | 11,000 ha | +34.1% |
| 1974 | 10,100 ha | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 10,500 ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 10,700 ha | +1.9% |
| 1977 | 11,400 ha | +6.5% |
| 1978 | 12,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1979 | 12,560 ha | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 13,100 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 13,400 ha | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 15,000 ha | +11.9% |
| 1983 | 14,450 ha | -3.7% |
| 1984 | 15,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 19,000 ha | +26.7% |
| 1986 | 19,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 20,600 ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 21,400 ha | +3.9% |
| 1989 | 21,500 ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 21,100 ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 21,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 21,100 ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 21,300 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 21,200 ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 20,300 ha | -4.2% |
| 1996 | 20,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 20,004 ha | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 20,066 ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 20,000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 18,425 ha | -7.9% |
| 2001 | 17,067 ha | -7.4% |
| 2002 | 19,231 ha | +12.7% |
| 2003 | 20,369 ha | +5.9% |
| 2004 | 19,570 ha | -3.9% |
| 2005 | 20,971 ha | +7.2% |
| 2006 | 20,520 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 19,791 ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 18,695 ha | -5.5% |
| 2009 | 18,489 ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 17,950 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 17,066 ha | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 16,600 ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 16,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 17,003 ha | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 16,064 ha | -5.5% |
| 2016 | 15,278 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 15,199 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 14,640 ha | -3.7% |
| 2019 | 14,850 ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 14,410 ha | -3.0% |
| 2021 | 13,690 ha | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 13,250 ha | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 12,640 ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 12,640 ha | +0.0% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 12,640 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 610 ha, 20.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)
- Spain's 12,640 ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,559 ha, 4.9× the median. (41 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Spain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +58.3% | 2,400 ha | 3,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,900 ha | 2,300 ha | 5,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,896 ha | 6,000 ha | 12,560 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,275 ha | 13,100 ha | 21,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,667 ha | 20,000 ha | 21,300 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,313 ha | 17,067 ha | 20,971 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 16,125 ha | 14,640 ha | 17,950 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,326 ha | 12,640 ha | 14,410 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Spain
More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Spain?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Spain was 12,640 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 21,500 ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Spain rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Spain ranks 19th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.