Plums and sloes — Production in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Plums and sloes — Production was 1.16 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Production in Southern Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — production in Southern Europe stood at 1.16 million t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — production in Southern Europe peaked at 1.55 million t in 1969 and was at its lowest, 592,464 t, in 1995.
Southern Europe ranks 6th of 25 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Production in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.39 million t | — |
| 1962 | 1.09 million t | -21.8% |
| 1963 | 1.03 million t | -5.5% |
| 1964 | 1.01 million t | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 678,744 t | -32.8% |
| 1966 | 983,250 t | +44.9% |
| 1967 | 987,599 t | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 985,486 t | -0.2% |
| 1969 | 1.55 million t | +57.6% |
| 1970 | 1.14 million t | -26.8% |
| 1971 | 1.07 million t | -6.2% |
| 1972 | 1.23 million t | +15.7% |
| 1973 | 867,520 t | -29.7% |
| 1974 | 939,767 t | +8.3% |
| 1975 | 1.20 million t | +27.9% |
| 1976 | 857,896 t | -28.6% |
| 1977 | 1.01 million t | +17.3% |
| 1978 | 928,171 t | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 793,609 t | -14.5% |
| 1980 | 970,897 t | +22.3% |
| 1981 | 1.12 million t | +15.6% |
| 1982 | 1.35 million t | +20.5% |
| 1983 | 1.32 million t | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 955,532 t | -27.8% |
| 1985 | 801,949 t | -16.1% |
| 1986 | 1.00 million t | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 1.08 million t | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 1.08 million t | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 1.14 million t | +5.7% |
| 1990 | 803,146 t | -29.4% |
| 1991 | 851,112 t | +6.0% |
| 1992 | 863,099 t | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 966,098 t | +11.9% |
| 1994 | 861,589 t | -10.8% |
| 1995 | 592,464 t | -31.2% |
| 1996 | 1.15 million t | +93.9% |
| 1997 | 908,319 t | -20.9% |
| 1998 | 974,082 t | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 865,078 t | -11.2% |
| 2000 | 823,168 t | -4.8% |
| 2001 | 770,190 t | -6.4% |
| 2002 | 694,682 t | -9.8% |
| 2003 | 1.11 million t | +59.2% |
| 2004 | 1.17 million t | +6.1% |
| 2005 | 927,828 t | -20.9% |
| 2006 | 1.14 million t | +23.0% |
| 2007 | 1.30 million t | +13.7% |
| 2008 | 1.23 million t | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 1.36 million t | +10.3% |
| 2010 | 1.14 million t | -16.0% |
| 2011 | 1.30 million t | +14.1% |
| 2012 | 916,353 t | -29.6% |
| 2013 | 1.33 million t | +45.0% |
| 2014 | 1.04 million t | -21.5% |
| 2015 | 1.03 million t | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 1.16 million t | +12.5% |
| 2017 | 911,860 t | -21.4% |
| 2018 | 1.12 million t | +23.0% |
| 2019 | 1.20 million t | +7.2% |
| 2020 | 1.19 million t | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 990,602 t | -16.9% |
| 2022 | 1.29 million t | +30.0% |
| 2023 | 1.07 million t | -16.8% |
| 2024 | 1.16 million t | +7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.08 million t | 678,744 t | 1.55 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.00 million t | 793,609 t | 1.23 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.08 million t | 801,949 t | 1.35 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 883,363 t | 592,464 t | 1.15 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.05 million t | 694,682 t | 1.36 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.12 million t | 911,860 t | 1.33 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.14 million t | 990,602 t | 1.29 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 3 USSR 930,000 t compare
- 4 Romania 602,570 t compare
- 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
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — production in Southern Europe?
- Plums and sloes — production in Southern Europe was 1.16 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.55 million t in 1969.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — production recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 592,464 t in 1995.
- How does Southern Europe rank for plums and sloes — production?
- Southern Europe ranks 6th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — production rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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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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.