Plums and sloes — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Plums and sloes — Production was 4,480 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 4,480 t for plums and sloes — production in 2024.
The figure is down 11.6% on the previous year and down 61.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 84,840 t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 3,600 t, in 2021.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 62nd out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 68,583 t | — |
| 1962 | 69,396 t | +1.2% |
| 1963 | 84,840 t | +22.3% |
| 1964 | 46,738 t | -44.9% |
| 1965 | 37,797 t | -19.1% |
| 1966 | 29,262 t | -22.6% |
| 1967 | 14,123 t | -51.7% |
| 1968 | 82,402 t | +483.5% |
| 1969 | 55,984 t | -32.1% |
| 1970 | 58,300 t | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 40,800 t | -30.0% |
| 1972 | 44,706 t | +9.6% |
| 1973 | 51,920 t | +16.1% |
| 1974 | 50,400 t | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 21,000 t | -58.3% |
| 1976 | 43,000 t | +104.8% |
| 1977 | 42,800 t | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 40,700 t | -4.9% |
| 1979 | 48,600 t | +19.4% |
| 1980 | 46,600 t | -4.1% |
| 1981 | 15,800 t | -66.1% |
| 1982 | 33,900 t | +114.6% |
| 1983 | 36,400 t | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 34,000 t | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 23,755 t | -30.1% |
| 1986 | 33,230 t | +39.9% |
| 1987 | 35,600 t | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 23,100 t | -35.1% |
| 1989 | 11,292 t | -51.1% |
| 1990 | 7,642 t | -32.3% |
| 1991 | 24,854 t | +225.2% |
| 1992 | 21,300 t | -14.3% |
| 1993 | 13,900 t | -34.7% |
| 1994 | 12,900 t | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 14,700 t | +14.0% |
| 1996 | 19,800 t | +34.7% |
| 1997 | 12,100 t | -38.9% |
| 1998 | 6,400 t | -47.1% |
| 1999 | 9,300 t | +45.3% |
| 2000 | 5,300 t | -43.0% |
| 2001 | 14,800 t | +179.2% |
| 2002 | 12,600 t | -14.9% |
| 2003 | 15,100 t | +19.8% |
| 2004 | 13,600 t | -9.9% |
| 2005 | 14,300 t | +5.1% |
| 2006 | 14,100 t | -1.4% |
| 2007 | 13,800 t | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 25,000 t | +81.2% |
| 2009 | 12,900 t | -48.4% |
| 2010 | 13,200 t | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 12,936 t | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 5,597 t | -56.7% |
| 2013 | 12,375 t | +121.1% |
| 2014 | 11,656 t | -5.8% |
| 2015 | 11,400 t | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 9,230 t | -19.0% |
| 2017 | 8,000 t | -13.3% |
| 2018 | 8,680 t | +8.5% |
| 2019 | 7,371 t | -15.1% |
| 2020 | 8,319 t | +12.9% |
| 2021 | 3,600 t | -56.7% |
| 2022 | 6,300 t | +75.0% |
| 2023 | 5,070 t | -19.5% |
| 2024 | 4,480 t | -11.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +483.5% | 14,123 t | 82,402 t |
| 1991 | +225.2% | 7,642 t | 24,854 t |
| 2001 | +179.2% | 5,300 t | 14,800 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 54,347 t | 14,123 t | 84,840 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 44,223 t | 21,000 t | 58,300 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,368 t | 11,292 t | 46,600 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,290 t | 6,400 t | 24,854 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,150 t | 5,300 t | 25,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,044 t | 5,597 t | 13,200 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,554 t | 3,600 t | 8,319 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Plums and sloes — production in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 4,480 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — production recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 84,840 t in 1963.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — production recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,600 t in 2021.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for plums and sloes — production?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 62nd out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — production rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.