Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Sweden

Sweden: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 40 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
40 ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
85th
of 90 countries
All-time high
850 ha
in 1985
All-time low
40 ha
in 2015
Years of data
40
1985–2024

Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Sweden, 1985–2024

02004006008001985200420241985: 850 ha1986: 850 ha1987: 850 ha1988: 850 ha1989: 100 ha1990: 100 ha1991: 100 ha1992: 100 ha1993: 100 ha1994: 100 ha1995: 141 ha1996: 138 ha1997: 138 ha1998: 100 ha1999: 101 ha2000: 107 ha2001: 100 ha2002: 169 ha2003: 169 ha2004: 130 ha2005: 94 ha2006: 130 ha2007: 120 ha2008: 100 ha2009: 82 ha2010: 70 ha2011: 100 ha2012: 58 ha2013: 50 ha2014: 54 ha2015: 40 ha2016: 40 ha2017: 40 ha2018: 40 ha2019: 40 ha2020: 40 ha2021: 40 ha2022: 50 ha2023: 40 ha2024: 40 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for plums and sloes — area harvested in Sweden is 40 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 40 years on record.

That represents a change of down 25.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Sweden peaked at 850 ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 40 ha, in 2015.

That places Sweden 85th out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 700 ha 100 ha 850 ha 5
1990s 111.8 ha 100 ha 141 ha 10
2000s 120.1 ha 82 ha 169 ha 10
2010s 53.2 ha 40 ha 100 ha 10
2020s 42 ha 40 ha 50 ha 5

Countries ranked near Sweden

  1. 82 Zimbabwe 86 ha compare
  2. 83 Slovenia 80 ha compare
  3. 84 Belgium 60 ha compare
  4. 86 Bhutan 34 ha compare
  5. 87 Luxembourg 30 ha compare
  6. 88 Malawi 26 ha compare

See the full ranking of 125 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Sweden

All data for Sweden →

Frequently asked questions

What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Sweden?
Plums and sloes — area harvested in Sweden was 40 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
The highest recorded value was 850 ha in 1985.
What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Sweden?
The lowest recorded value was 40 ha in 2015.
How does Sweden rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
Sweden ranks 85th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Sweden?
Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Sweden 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 40 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Sweden. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 20 August 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/plums-and-sloes-area-harvested/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/plums-and-sloes-area-harvested/sweden/">Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Sweden</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Plums and sloes — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
125 places, 6,035 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.