Plums and sloes — Area harvested in United States of America
United States of America: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 18,859 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in United States of America, 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 United States of America is 18,859 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and down 32.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in United States of America peaked at 57,260 ha in 1969 and was at its lowest, 18,535 ha, in 2023.
That places United States of America 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in United States of America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,380 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,820 ha | +0.9% |
| 1963 | 52,570 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 54,150 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 54,830 ha | +1.3% |
| 1966 | 54,110 ha | -1.3% |
| 1967 | 55,080 ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 56,820 ha | +3.2% |
| 1969 | 57,260 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 56,860 ha | -0.7% |
| 1971 | 53,840 ha | -5.3% |
| 1972 | 52,850 ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 51,520 ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 50,420 ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 49,370 ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 47,510 ha | -3.8% |
| 1977 | 47,830 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 47,230 ha | -1.3% |
| 1979 | 47,310 ha | +0.2% |
| 1980 | 45,120 ha | -4.6% |
| 1981 | 43,460 ha | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 44,350 ha | +2.0% |
| 1983 | 45,450 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 46,090 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 47,550 ha | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 48,600 ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 50,540 ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 52,450 ha | +3.8% |
| 1989 | 51,920 ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 53,380 ha | +2.8% |
| 1991 | 52,763 ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 52,763 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 53,156 ha | +0.7% |
| 1994 | 53,459 ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 38,850 ha | -27.3% |
| 1996 | 53,738 ha | +38.3% |
| 1997 | 52,091 ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 52,395 ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 51,480 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 51,844 ha | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 51,399 ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 46,138 ha | -10.2% |
| 2003 | 44,884 ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 43,366 ha | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 41,432 ha | -4.5% |
| 2006 | 40,218 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 39,190 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 38,542 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 37,713 ha | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 35,637 ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 33,492 ha | -6.0% |
| 2012 | 31,404 ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 28,571 ha | -9.0% |
| 2014 | 27,721 ha | -3.0% |
| 2015 | 27,200 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 24,280 ha | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 24,280 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 23,880 ha | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 23,470 ha | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 21,449 ha | -8.6% |
| 2021 | 19,385 ha | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 19,061 ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 18,535 ha | -2.8% |
| 2024 | 18,859 ha | +1.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Area harvested in United States of America 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +38.3% | 38,850 ha | 53,738 ha |
| 1995 | -27.3% | 53,459 ha | 38,850 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,002 ha | 50,380 ha | 57,260 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 50,474 ha | 47,230 ha | 56,860 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,553 ha | 43,460 ha | 52,450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 51,408 ha | 38,850 ha | 53,738 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,473 ha | 37,713 ha | 51,844 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,994 ha | 23,470 ha | 35,637 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,458 ha | 18,535 ha | 21,449 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in United States of America?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in United States of America was 18,859 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 States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 57,260 ha in 1969.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,535 ha in 2023.
- How does United States of America rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- United States of America ranks 19th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United States of America 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.