Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Western Asia
Western Asia: Plums and sloes — Area harvested was 47,692 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — area harvested in Western Asia stood at 47,692 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — area harvested in Western Asia peaked at 51,903 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19,047 ha, in 1968.
That places Western Asia 11th out of 25 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Area harvested in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,804 ha | — |
| 1962 | 22,118 ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 21,771 ha | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 21,457 ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 21,642 ha | +0.9% |
| 1966 | 22,173 ha | +2.5% |
| 1967 | 23,073 ha | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 19,047 ha | -17.4% |
| 1969 | 19,176 ha | +0.7% |
| 1970 | 19,836 ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 20,056 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 20,695 ha | +3.2% |
| 1973 | 20,807 ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 21,171 ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 21,241 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 21,353 ha | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 21,635 ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 22,614 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 22,675 ha | +0.3% |
| 1980 | 22,006 ha | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 22,213 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 22,302 ha | +0.4% |
| 1983 | 22,377 ha | +0.3% |
| 1984 | 22,950 ha | +2.6% |
| 1985 | 29,154 ha | +27.0% |
| 1986 | 29,514 ha | +1.2% |
| 1987 | 30,249 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 31,908 ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 32,316 ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 33,361 ha | +3.2% |
| 1991 | 36,057 ha | +8.1% |
| 1992 | 49,686 ha | +37.8% |
| 1993 | 44,045 ha | -11.4% |
| 1994 | 39,786 ha | -9.7% |
| 1995 | 39,395 ha | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 39,245 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 35,863 ha | -8.6% |
| 1998 | 34,041 ha | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 33,256 ha | -2.3% |
| 2000 | 34,985 ha | +5.2% |
| 2001 | 34,964 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 34,188 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 35,538 ha | +3.9% |
| 2004 | 34,051 ha | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 35,362 ha | +3.9% |
| 2006 | 34,279 ha | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 38,129 ha | +11.2% |
| 2008 | 37,197 ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 36,103 ha | -2.9% |
| 2010 | 33,298 ha | -7.8% |
| 2011 | 36,475 ha | +9.5% |
| 2012 | 39,624 ha | +8.6% |
| 2013 | 39,879 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 41,752 ha | +4.7% |
| 2015 | 38,763 ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 40,823 ha | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 39,564 ha | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 40,856 ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 40,511 ha | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 51,903 ha | +28.1% |
| 2021 | 48,980 ha | -5.6% |
| 2022 | 48,883 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 46,596 ha | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 47,692 ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,362 ha | 19,047 ha | 23,073 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,208 ha | 19,836 ha | 22,675 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,499 ha | 22,006 ha | 32,316 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 38,474 ha | 33,256 ha | 49,686 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,480 ha | 34,051 ha | 38,129 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,154 ha | 33,298 ha | 41,752 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 48,811 ha | 46,596 ha | 51,903 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 8 Russian Federation 43,210 ha compare
- 9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36,703 ha compare
- 10 Czechoslovakia 18,500 ha compare
- 11 Argentina 18,170 ha compare
- 12 India 18,050 ha compare
- 13 Poland 17,600 ha compare
- 14 Chile 17,564 ha compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — area harvested in Western Asia?
- Plums and sloes — area harvested in Western Asia was 47,692 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 51,903 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — area harvested recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,047 ha in 1968.
- How does Western Asia rank for plums and sloes — area harvested?
- Western Asia ranks 11th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — area harvested rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.