Plums and sloes — Production in South America
South America: Plums and sloes — Production was 726,277 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Production in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — production in South America stood at 726,277 t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.5% on the previous year and up 37.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — production in South America peaked at 726,277 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 59,809 t, in 1973.
South America ranks 8th 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 South America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 77,461 t | — |
| 1962 | 77,653 t | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 76,471 t | -1.5% |
| 1964 | 80,997 t | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 80,804 t | -0.2% |
| 1966 | 80,391 t | -0.5% |
| 1967 | 105,961 t | +31.8% |
| 1968 | 105,675 t | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 101,785 t | -3.7% |
| 1970 | 107,832 t | +5.9% |
| 1971 | 102,932 t | -4.5% |
| 1972 | 106,813 t | +3.8% |
| 1973 | 59,809 t | -44.0% |
| 1974 | 112,749 t | +88.5% |
| 1975 | 105,588 t | -6.4% |
| 1976 | 124,505 t | +17.9% |
| 1977 | 109,077 t | -12.4% |
| 1978 | 91,310 t | -16.3% |
| 1979 | 103,161 t | +13.0% |
| 1980 | 99,230 t | -3.8% |
| 1981 | 103,189 t | +4.0% |
| 1982 | 104,002 t | +0.8% |
| 1983 | 84,629 t | -18.6% |
| 1984 | 100,275 t | +18.5% |
| 1985 | 112,057 t | +11.7% |
| 1986 | 108,334 t | -3.3% |
| 1987 | 112,122 t | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 159,248 t | +42.0% |
| 1989 | 158,767 t | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 175,664 t | +10.6% |
| 1991 | 170,114 t | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 186,159 t | +9.4% |
| 1993 | 189,903 t | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 239,494 t | +26.1% |
| 1995 | 219,844 t | -8.2% |
| 1996 | 246,187 t | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 250,769 t | +1.9% |
| 1998 | 244,498 t | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 295,474 t | +20.8% |
| 2000 | 284,054 t | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 352,676 t | +24.2% |
| 2002 | 356,868 t | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 443,577 t | +24.3% |
| 2004 | 408,405 t | -7.9% |
| 2005 | 414,393 t | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 434,986 t | +5.0% |
| 2007 | 398,510 t | -8.4% |
| 2008 | 402,877 t | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 484,126 t | +20.2% |
| 2010 | 528,998 t | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 432,810 t | -18.2% |
| 2012 | 614,105 t | +41.9% |
| 2013 | 382,534 t | -37.7% |
| 2014 | 527,500 t | +37.9% |
| 2015 | 513,026 t | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 543,866 t | +6.0% |
| 2017 | 566,945 t | +4.2% |
| 2018 | 577,324 t | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 662,963 t | +14.8% |
| 2020 | 635,998 t | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 653,137 t | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 662,502 t | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 675,546 t | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 726,277 t | +7.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 87,466 t | 76,471 t | 105,961 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 102,378 t | 59,809 t | 124,505 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 114,185 t | 84,629 t | 159,248 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 221,811 t | 170,114 t | 295,474 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 398,047 t | 284,054 t | 484,126 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 535,007 t | 382,534 t | 662,963 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 670,692 t | 635,998 t | 726,277 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 5 Yugoslav SFR 549,718 t compare
- 6 Chile 509,843 t compare
- 7 Serbia 387,227 t compare
- 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 321,200 t compare
- 9 Serbia and Montenegro 311,757 t compare
- 10 Morocco 239,724 t compare
- 11 Uzbekistan 199,845 t compare
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 4.58 million t (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield 13,552 kg/ha (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested 330,901 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — production in South America?
- Plums and sloes — production in South America was 726,277 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — production recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 726,277 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — production recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 59,809 t in 1973.
- How does South America rank for plums and sloes — production?
- South America ranks 8th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — production rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 37.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America 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.