Plums and sloes — Production in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Plums and sloes — Production was 10,722 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Production in Eastern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — production in Eastern Africa is 10,722 t, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 33.0% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — production in Eastern Africa peaked at 16,929 t in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,275 t, in 1984.
That places Eastern Africa 23rd out of 25 groups 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,667 t | 2,000 t | 3,300 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,617 t | 3,500 t | 7,626 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,884 t | 1,275 t | 5,788 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,903 t | 1,666 t | 10,282 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,248 t | 5,671 t | 16,929 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,182 t | 7,419 t | 9,667 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,463 t | 7,506 t | 10,722 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
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- Potatoes — Production 11.53 million t (2024)
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- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight 23 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of cattle — Production 448,628 t (2024)
- Horses — Stocks 2.33 million An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 50.84 million An (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — production in Eastern Africa?
- Plums and sloes — production in Eastern Africa was 10,722 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 16,929 t in 2007.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — production recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,275 t in 1984.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for plums and sloes — production?
- Eastern Africa ranks 23rd out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — production rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.