Plums and sloes — Yield in Africa
Africa: Plums and sloes — Yield was 9,656 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Africa recorded 9,656 kg/ha for plums and sloes — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 14.5% on the previous year and up 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Africa peaked at 9,656 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,794 kg/ha, in 1968.
Africa ranks 10th of 25 groups 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 Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,965 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,984 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1963 | 3,956 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1964 | 4,291 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1965 | 4,835 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1966 | 4,178 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1967 | 4,306 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1968 | 3,794 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1969 | 4,577 kg/ha | +20.6% |
| 1970 | 4,006 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1971 | 4,539 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1972 | 4,991 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1973 | 4,655 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1974 | 5,261 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1975 | 4,957 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1976 | 4,785 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1977 | 4,918 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 4,916 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1979 | 5,480 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1980 | 5,521 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 5,285 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1982 | 6,110 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1983 | 6,356 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 6,399 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 4,852 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1986 | 5,442 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1987 | 5,539 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 6,240 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1989 | 6,413 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 6,136 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1991 | 5,550 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1992 | 5,816 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1993 | 5,890 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 6,386 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 6,205 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 6,669 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1997 | 6,370 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 5,708 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1999 | 6,204 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2000 | 5,608 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 2001 | 6,286 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 5,894 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 6,293 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2004 | 6,475 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 6,661 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2006 | 7,070 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 6,346 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 6,297 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 6,600 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 5,816 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2011 | 6,194 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2012 | 6,565 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2013 | 6,835 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 6,732 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 7,621 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2016 | 6,803 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 7,830 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 2018 | 8,899 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 7,972 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2020 | 7,530 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 8,935 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 2022 | 8,731 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 8,436 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2024 | 9,656 kg/ha | +14.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,210 kg/ha | 3,794 kg/ha | 4,835 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,851 kg/ha | 4,006 kg/ha | 5,480 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,816 kg/ha | 4,852 kg/ha | 6,413 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,094 kg/ha | 5,550 kg/ha | 6,669 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,353 kg/ha | 5,608 kg/ha | 7,070 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,127 kg/ha | 5,816 kg/ha | 8,899 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,658 kg/ha | 7,530 kg/ha | 9,656 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 7 Republic of Moldova 5,560 kg/ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 18,162 kg/ha compare
- 8 Kenya 16,090 kg/ha compare
- 9 Albania 15,705 kg/ha compare
- 10 Greece 15,286 kg/ha compare
- 11 Italy 15,073 kg/ha compare
- 12 Morocco 14,562 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14,000 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in Africa?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Africa was 9,656 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 9,656 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,794 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Africa rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Africa ranks 10th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa 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.