Plums and sloes — Yield in Belgium
Belgium: Plums and sloes — Yield was 3,833 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Yield in Belgium, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — yield in Belgium stood at 3,833 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 39.5% on the previous year and down 21.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Belgium peaked at 16,000 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 400 kg/ha, in 2016.
That places Belgium 68th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Belgium, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 16,000 kg/ha | — |
| 2001 | 3,000 kg/ha | -81.2% |
| 2002 | 6,000 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 2003 | 5,612 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2004 | 2,865 kg/ha | -49.0% |
| 2005 | 4,546 kg/ha | +58.7% |
| 2006 | 4,210 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2007 | 7,042 kg/ha | +67.3% |
| 2008 | 1,099 kg/ha | -84.4% |
| 2009 | 5,085 kg/ha | +362.7% |
| 2010 | 3,103 kg/ha | -39.0% |
| 2011 | 3,273 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2012 | 5,454 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 2013 | 4,444 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2014 | 4,878 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2015 | 1,250 kg/ha | -74.4% |
| 2016 | 400 kg/ha | -68.0% |
| 2017 | 680 kg/ha | +70.0% |
| 2018 | 3,333 kg/ha | +390.2% |
| 2019 | 3,250 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 3,750 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2021 | 1,400 kg/ha | -62.7% |
| 2022 | 4,000 kg/ha | +185.7% |
| 2023 | 6,333 kg/ha | +58.3% |
| 2024 | 3,833 kg/ha | -39.5% |
Belgium compared with similar countries
- Belgium's 3,833 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 6,566 kg/ha, 58% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Belgium's 3,833 kg/ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,048 kg/ha, 63% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5,546 kg/ha | 1,099 kg/ha | 16,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,007 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 5,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,863 kg/ha | 1,400 kg/ha | 6,333 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belgium
More agriculture & rural data for Belgium
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.3325 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0073 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 443.58 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2138 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1233 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in Belgium?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Belgium was 3,833 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 16,000 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 kg/ha in 2016.
- How does Belgium rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Belgium ranks 68th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Belgium 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.