Plums and sloes — Production in Australia
Australia: Plums and sloes — Production was 27,905 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia recorded 27,905 t for plums and sloes — production in 2024.
The figure is up 16.1% on the previous year and up 23.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — production in Australia peaked at 33,183 t in 2003 and was at its lowest, 16,377 t, in 1979.
That places Australia 39th out of 91 countries 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 — Production in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,071 t | — |
| 1962 | 22,071 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 22,885 t | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 24,953 t | +9.0% |
| 1965 | 24,723 t | -0.9% |
| 1966 | 25,302 t | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 22,036 t | -12.9% |
| 1968 | 28,669 t | +30.1% |
| 1969 | 18,463 t | -35.6% |
| 1970 | 20,574 t | +11.4% |
| 1971 | 21,505 t | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 26,560 t | +23.5% |
| 1973 | 20,648 t | -22.3% |
| 1974 | 21,827 t | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 20,358 t | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 20,376 t | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 24,764 t | +21.5% |
| 1978 | 19,819 t | -20.0% |
| 1979 | 16,377 t | -17.4% |
| 1980 | 24,872 t | +51.9% |
| 1981 | 20,971 t | -15.7% |
| 1982 | 24,727 t | +17.9% |
| 1983 | 21,178 t | -14.4% |
| 1984 | 28,964 t | +36.8% |
| 1985 | 24,186 t | -16.5% |
| 1986 | 25,835 t | +6.8% |
| 1987 | 26,400 t | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 27,976 t | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 22,883 t | -18.2% |
| 1990 | 24,877 t | +8.7% |
| 1991 | 26,230 t | +5.4% |
| 1992 | 25,935 t | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 28,233 t | +8.9% |
| 1994 | 30,579 t | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 28,347 t | -7.3% |
| 1996 | 28,429 t | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 31,687 t | +11.5% |
| 1998 | 32,355 t | +2.1% |
| 1999 | 28,665 t | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 24,155 t | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 31,298 t | +29.6% |
| 2002 | 25,485 t | -18.6% |
| 2003 | 33,183 t | +30.2% |
| 2004 | 24,437 t | -26.4% |
| 2005 | 32,762 t | +34.1% |
| 2006 | 26,355 t | -19.6% |
| 2007 | 27,294 t | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 22,000 t | -19.4% |
| 2009 | 17,577 t | -20.1% |
| 2010 | 23,017 t | +30.9% |
| 2011 | 18,433 t | -19.9% |
| 2012 | 22,887 t | +24.2% |
| 2013 | 22,718 t | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 22,622 t | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 22,553 t | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 17,992 t | -20.2% |
| 2017 | 23,522 t | +30.7% |
| 2018 | 24,629 t | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 25,732 t | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 26,257 t | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 32,924 t | +25.4% |
| 2022 | 31,798 t | -3.4% |
| 2023 | 24,045 t | -24.4% |
| 2024 | 27,905 t | +16.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 27,905 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 7,018 t, 4.0× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,464 t | 18,463 t | 28,669 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,281 t | 16,377 t | 26,560 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,799 t | 20,971 t | 28,964 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 28,534 t | 24,877 t | 32,355 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,455 t | 17,577 t | 33,183 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,410 t | 17,992 t | 25,732 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,586 t | 24,045 t | 32,924 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — production in Australia?
- Plums and sloes — production in Australia was 27,905 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — production recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 33,183 t in 2003.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,377 t in 1979.
- How does Australia rank for plums and sloes — production?
- Australia ranks 39th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plums and sloes — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.