Plums and sloes — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 320 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 320 ha for plums and sloes — area harvested in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 17.9% on the previous year and down 57.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 6,000 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 320 ha, in 2024.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 69th 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.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1963 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1964 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1965 | 3,800 ha | -5.0% |
| 1966 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 3,500 ha | -10.3% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | +71.4% |
| 1969 | 4,000 ha | -33.3% |
| 1970 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 4,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1972 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 4,500 ha | +12.5% |
| 1974 | 4,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2,500 ha | -44.4% |
| 1976 | 3,000 ha | +20.0% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 3,400 ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 3,600 ha | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 3,500 ha | -2.8% |
| 1981 | 2,000 ha | -42.9% |
| 1982 | 2,500 ha | +25.0% |
| 1983 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 2,300 ha | -8.0% |
| 1986 | 2,900 ha | +26.1% |
| 1987 | 2,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 2,300 ha | -20.7% |
| 1989 | 2,383 ha | +3.6% |
| 1990 | 2,315 ha | -2.9% |
| 1991 | 2,320 ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 2,297 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 2,166 ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 2,181 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 2,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1996 | 1,500 ha | -25.0% |
| 1997 | 1,400 ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 1,100 ha | -15.4% |
| 2000 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 2001 | 1,070 ha | -10.8% |
| 2002 | 950 ha | -11.2% |
| 2003 | 1,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 980 ha | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 1,050 ha | +7.1% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 888 ha | -11.2% |
| 2008 | 880 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 864 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 870 ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 850 ha | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 841 ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 825 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 752 ha | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 730 ha | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 721 ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 640 ha | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 620 ha | -3.1% |
| 2019 | 585 ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 535 ha | -8.5% |
| 2021 | 450 ha | -15.9% |
| 2022 | 420 ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 390 ha | -7.1% |
| 2024 | 320 ha | -17.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +71.4% | 3,500 ha | 6,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,633 ha | 3,500 ha | 6,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,750 ha | 2,500 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,578 ha | 2,000 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,858 ha | 1,100 ha | 2,320 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 988.2 ha | 864 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 743.4 ha | 585 ha | 870 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 423 ha | 320 ha | 535 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 320 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,000 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 320 ha in 2024.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 69th out of 90 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 57.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.