Plums and sloes — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Plums and sloes — Production is currently reported for 97 countries. The highest value is 6.91 million t in China; the lowest is 20 t in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 16,400 t, and the mean is 218,350 t.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 333.6%), and the largest decrease in Estonia (down 68.8%).
Plums and sloes — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 6.91 million t | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 2 | China, mainland | 6.90 million t | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 378,382 t | 2024 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 3 | USSR | 930,000 t | 1991 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 3 | Türkiye | 376,000 t | 2024 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 4 | Romania | 602,570 t | 2024 | up 21.7% | falling |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 95,125 t | 2024 | up 30.7% | rising |
| 5 | Yugoslav SFR | 549,718 t | 1991 | down 32.6% | falling |
| 6 | Chile | 509,843 t | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Syrian Arab Republic | 25,624 t | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Serbia | 387,227 t | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4,183 t | 2024 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 321,200 t | 2024 | up 333.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 4,181 t | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Serbia and Montenegro | 311,757 t | 2005 | up 36.1% | falling |
| 10 | Morocco | 239,724 t | 2024 | up 158.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 199,845 t | 2024 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 179,519 t | 2024 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 13 | Argentina | 173,850 t | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 14 | France | 170,510 t | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 15 | Italy | 170,170 t | 2024 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 16 | Ukraine | 167,000 t | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 135,750 t | 2024 | down 41.7% | rising |
| 18 | Poland | 95,200 t | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 19 | Algeria | 94,566 t | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 20 | South Africa | 82,381 t | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 21 | India | 67,936 t | 2024 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Pakistan | 63,394 t | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 61,626 t | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 24 | Bulgaria | 60,800 t | 2024 | up 146.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Libya | 56,744 t | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Caribbean | 343.46 t | 2024 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 26 | Republic of Korea | 50,500 t | 2024 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Germany | 49,290 t | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 28 | Egypt | 49,066 t | 2024 | up 245.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Afghanistan | 48,495 t | 2024 | up 22.7% | falling |
| 30 | Azerbaijan | 44,727 t | 2024 | up 74.5% | rising |
| 31 | Albania | 40,196 t | 2024 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Czechoslovakia | 36,000 t | 1992 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Hungary | 35,910 t | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 34 | Turkmenistan | 34,050 t | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 35 | Greece | 29,350 t | 2024 | up 62.5% | falling |
| 36 | Australia and New Zealand | 29,175 t | 2024 | up 18.7% | flat |
| 37 | North Macedonia | 28,750 t | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 38 | Armenia | 28,707 t | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Australia | 27,905 t | 2024 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 40 | Georgia | 27,600 t | 2024 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 41 | Tunisia | 20,595 t | 2024 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 42 | Colombia | 19,051 t | 2024 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 43 | Lebanon | 18,600 t | 2024 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Montenegro | 16,432 t | 2024 | up 186.1% | rising |
| 45 | Japan | 16,400 t | 2024 | down 26.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Israel | 16,005 t | 2024 | down 33.2% | rising |
| 47 | Portugal | 15,930 t | 2024 | down 34.1% | rising |
| 48 | Austria | 14,910 t | 2024 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Yemen | 14,825 t | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 12,330 t | 2024 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Belarus | 11,383 t | 2024 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Croatia | 10,780 t | 2024 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Switzerland | 10,425 t | 2024 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Ecuador | 8,767 t | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Nepal | 8,302 t | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 56 | Kazakhstan | 7,397 t | 2024 | up 49.3% | volatile |
| 57 | China, Taiwan Province of | 6,986 t | 2024 | down 54.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Iraq | 6,828 t | 2024 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Peru | 6,362 t | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 60 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 6,360 t | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 61 | Jordan | 5,394 t | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 62 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4,480 t | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Kenya | 3,749 t | 2024 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Czechia | 3,610 t | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 65 | Tajikistan | 3,508 t | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Canada | 3,387 t | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 3,000 t | 1999 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Madagascar | 2,367 t | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Uruguay | 2,213 t | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 70 | Norway | 2,100 t | 2024 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Palestine | 2,059 t | 2022 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Paraguay | 2,009 t | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 73 | Cyprus | 1,550 t | 2024 | up 75.1% | rising |
| 74 | Slovakia | 1,540 t | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Eswatini | 1,434 t | 2024 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 76 | New Zealand | 1,270 t | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 77 | Cameroon | 624.02 t | 2024 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Slovenia | 530 t | 2024 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 79 | Lithuania | 470 t | 2024 | down 58.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Denmark | 450 t | 2024 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 81 | Grenada | 343.46 t | 2024 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 82 | Luxembourg | 280 t | 2024 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 274.87 t | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Bhutan | 272.79 t | 2024 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 85 | Belgium | 230 t | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Sweden | 230 t | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Latvia | 200 t | 2024 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Malawi | 148.83 t | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 89 | Estonia | 20 t | 2024 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Malta | 20 t | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 12.69 million t
- Asia 8.35 million t
- Eastern Asia 6.97 million t
- Europe 2.67 million t
- European Union (27) 1.41 million t
- Eastern Europe 1.25 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 63,496 t
- Southern Europe 1.16 million t
- Americas 1.09 million t
- South America 726,277 t
- Southern Asia 566,783 t
- Middle Africa 624.02 t
- Africa 555,857 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 343.46 t
- Western Asia 552,399 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 519,558 t
- Northern Africa 460,695 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 453,832 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 309,451 t
- Northern America 298,767 t
- United States of America 295,380 t
- Central Asia 257,131 t
- Western Europe 252,005 t
- Southern Africa 83,815 t
- Central America 61,626 t
- Oceania 29,175 t
- Eastern Africa 10,722 t
- Northern Europe 7,950 t
About this data
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.