Plums and sloes — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Plums and sloes — Production was 460,695 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — production in Northern Africa stood at 460,695 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.1% on the previous year and up 64.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — production in Northern Africa peaked at 460,695 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20,209 t, in 1966.
Northern Africa ranks 13th of 25 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,081 t | — |
| 1962 | 21,508 t | -2.6% |
| 1963 | 20,844 t | -3.1% |
| 1964 | 22,896 t | +9.8% |
| 1965 | 26,766 t | +16.9% |
| 1966 | 20,209 t | -24.5% |
| 1967 | 20,862 t | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 22,287 t | +6.8% |
| 1969 | 20,787 t | -6.7% |
| 1970 | 20,380 t | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 24,710 t | +21.2% |
| 1972 | 24,112 t | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 25,287 t | +4.9% |
| 1974 | 29,850 t | +18.0% |
| 1975 | 36,920 t | +23.7% |
| 1976 | 33,775 t | -8.5% |
| 1977 | 36,608 t | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 42,344 t | +15.7% |
| 1979 | 48,903 t | +15.5% |
| 1980 | 58,627 t | +19.9% |
| 1981 | 64,410 t | +9.9% |
| 1982 | 89,016 t | +38.2% |
| 1983 | 100,189 t | +12.6% |
| 1984 | 105,191 t | +5.0% |
| 1985 | 111,995 t | +6.5% |
| 1986 | 122,878 t | +9.7% |
| 1987 | 132,535 t | +7.9% |
| 1988 | 139,700 t | +5.4% |
| 1989 | 142,361 t | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 141,150 t | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 127,293 t | -9.8% |
| 1992 | 136,285 t | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 148,525 t | +9.0% |
| 1994 | 166,384 t | +12.0% |
| 1995 | 147,432 t | -11.4% |
| 1996 | 165,229 t | +12.1% |
| 1997 | 146,060 t | -11.6% |
| 1998 | 128,169 t | -12.2% |
| 1999 | 144,173 t | +12.5% |
| 2000 | 131,055 t | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 152,549 t | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 141,485 t | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 151,218 t | +6.9% |
| 2004 | 148,979 t | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 176,762 t | +18.6% |
| 2006 | 215,374 t | +21.8% |
| 2007 | 191,609 t | -11.0% |
| 2008 | 193,285 t | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 218,124 t | +12.9% |
| 2010 | 232,356 t | +6.5% |
| 2011 | 241,506 t | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 260,267 t | +7.8% |
| 2013 | 314,466 t | +20.8% |
| 2014 | 280,136 t | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 323,572 t | +15.5% |
| 2016 | 309,481 t | -4.4% |
| 2017 | 373,858 t | +20.8% |
| 2018 | 400,340 t | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 356,413 t | -11.0% |
| 2020 | 337,316 t | -5.4% |
| 2021 | 397,396 t | +17.8% |
| 2022 | 398,649 t | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 400,242 t | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 460,695 t | +15.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 22,027 t | 20,209 t | 26,766 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 32,289 t | 20,380 t | 48,903 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 106,690 t | 58,627 t | 142,361 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 145,070 t | 127,293 t | 166,384 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 172,044 t | 131,055 t | 218,124 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 309,240 t | 232,356 t | 400,340 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 398,860 t | 337,316 t | 460,695 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — production in Northern Africa?
- Plums and sloes — production in Northern Africa was 460,695 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 460,695 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,209 t in 1966.
- How does Northern Africa rank for plums and sloes — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 13th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern 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.