Plums and sloes — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Plums and sloes — Yield was 8,620 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — yield in Afghanistan stood at 8,620 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 10,560 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 4,882 kg/ha, in 1977.
Afghanistan ranks 32nd of 88 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,968 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,968 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,968 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 8,052 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1965 | 8,444 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1966 | 8,553 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 9,293 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1968 | 9,604 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 9,543 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 9,176 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 7,227 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1972 | 8,691 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1973 | 8,860 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 8,786 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 8,803 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 8,252 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1977 | 4,882 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 1978 | 7,184 kg/ha | +47.1% |
| 1979 | 7,087 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 7,304 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1981 | 7,379 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 7,426 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1983 | 7,523 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1984 | 7,514 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 7,403 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1986 | 7,714 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 7,667 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1988 | 7,439 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1989 | 7,467 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 7,373 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 8,733 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1992 | 8,260 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 7,556 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1994 | 8,302 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1995 | 8,372 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1996 | 8,441 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 8,512 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1998 | 8,583 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 8,655 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 8,725 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2001 | 8,727 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 8,826 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 8,926 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 9,016 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 9,350 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 9,636 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 9,243 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 9,857 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2009 | 9,886 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 8,880 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2011 | 8,535 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 7,501 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2013 | 9,870 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 2014 | 8,189 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2015 | 6,773 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2016 | 5,604 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2017 | 7,918 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 2018 | 8,990 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2019 | 10,560 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2020 | 9,550 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2021 | 8,738 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2022 | 8,664 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 8,640 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 8,620 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 8,620 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 9,598 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Yield in Afghanistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +47.1% | 4,882 kg/ha | 7,184 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -40.8% | 8,252 kg/ha | 4,882 kg/ha |
| 2017 | +41.3% | 5,604 kg/ha | 7,918 kg/ha |
| 2013 | +31.6% | 7,501 kg/ha | 9,870 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,266 kg/ha | 6,968 kg/ha | 9,604 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,895 kg/ha | 4,882 kg/ha | 9,176 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,484 kg/ha | 7,304 kg/ha | 7,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,279 kg/ha | 7,373 kg/ha | 8,733 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,219 kg/ha | 8,725 kg/ha | 9,886 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,282 kg/ha | 5,604 kg/ha | 10,560 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,842 kg/ha | 8,620 kg/ha | 9,550 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 34.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in Afghanistan?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Afghanistan was 8,620 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 10,560 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,882 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Afghanistan rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 32nd out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plums and sloes — Yield. 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.