Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Switzerland
Switzerland: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 321 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Switzerland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 321 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and down 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Switzerland peaked at 3,100 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 169 ha, in 1997.
That places Switzerland 67th out of 90 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Switzerland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,370 ha | -37.7% |
| 1963 | 2,100 ha | +53.3% |
| 1964 | 1,380 ha | -34.3% |
| 1965 | 1,850 ha | +34.1% |
| 1966 | 1,800 ha | -2.7% |
| 1967 | 1,750 ha | -2.8% |
| 1968 | 1,900 ha | +8.6% |
| 1969 | 1,800 ha | -5.3% |
| 1970 | 1,850 ha | +2.8% |
| 1971 | 1,800 ha | -2.7% |
| 1972 | 1,680 ha | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 1,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 1974 | 1,650 ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 1,750 ha | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 2,100 ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 2,050 ha | -2.4% |
| 1978 | 2,200 ha | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 3,100 ha | +40.9% |
| 1980 | 1,850 ha | -40.3% |
| 1981 | 960 ha | -48.1% |
| 1982 | 2,000 ha | +108.3% |
| 1983 | 930 ha | -53.5% |
| 1984 | 1,170 ha | +25.8% |
| 1985 | 1,270 ha | +8.5% |
| 1986 | 1,260 ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 520 ha | -58.7% |
| 1988 | 770 ha | +48.1% |
| 1989 | 475 ha | -38.3% |
| 1990 | 395 ha | -16.8% |
| 1991 | 191 ha | -51.6% |
| 1992 | 193 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 174 ha | -9.8% |
| 1994 | 177 ha | +1.7% |
| 1995 | 172 ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 171 ha | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 169 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 197 ha | +16.6% |
| 1999 | 212 ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 228 ha | +7.5% |
| 2001 | 245 ha | +7.5% |
| 2002 | 260 ha | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 278 ha | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 303 ha | +9.0% |
| 2005 | 311 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 327 ha | +5.1% |
| 2007 | 332 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 331 ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 341 ha | +3.0% |
| 2010 | 342 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 339 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 332 ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 334 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 334 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 330 ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 326 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 328 ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 323 ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 317 ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 305 ha | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 303 ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 314 ha | +3.6% |
| 2023 | 311 ha | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 321 ha | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,794 ha | 1,370 ha | 2,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,988 ha | 1,650 ha | 3,100 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,120 ha | 475 ha | 2,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 205.1 ha | 169 ha | 395 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 295.6 ha | 228 ha | 341 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 330.5 ha | 317 ha | 342 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 310.8 ha | 303 ha | 321 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0064 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 739.83 current US$ per person (2025)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Switzerland?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Switzerland was 321 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 3,100 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 169 ha in 1997.
- How does Switzerland rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Switzerland ranks 67th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.