Plums and sloes — Yield in China, mainland
China, mainland: Plums and sloes — Yield was 3,459 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Yield in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — yield in China, mainland stood at 3,459 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in China, mainland peaked at 6,667 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 1,482 kg/ha, in 1989.
That places China, mainland 72nd out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,727 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1963 | 5,809 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1964 | 5,000 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1965 | 5,062 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1966 | 3,533 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1967 | 3,409 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1968 | 2,960 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1969 | 3,304 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1970 | 3,040 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1971 | 2,769 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1972 | 3,750 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1973 | 4,546 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1974 | 3,571 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1975 | 3,385 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1976 | 2,897 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 1977 | 2,567 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1978 | 3,289 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1979 | 4,210 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1980 | 4,000 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 4,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,214 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1983 | 3,786 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1984 | 3,667 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 2,615 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1986 | 1,853 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1987 | 1,942 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1988 | 1,696 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1989 | 1,482 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1990 | 1,574 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 1,795 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1992 | 1,998 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1993 | 2,081 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 2,187 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1995 | 2,469 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 1996 | 2,670 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 3,504 kg/ha | +31.2% |
| 1998 | 2,604 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1999 | 2,985 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2000 | 2,690 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2001 | 2,982 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2002 | 3,208 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2003 | 3,121 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2004 | 3,213 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2005 | 3,467 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 3,498 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 3,104 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2008 | 3,152 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 3,223 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 3,307 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 3,379 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 3,308 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2013 | 3,329 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 3,368 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 3,372 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 3,428 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2017 | 3,473 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 3,503 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 3,518 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 3,397 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2021 | 3,472 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2022 | 3,462 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 3,444 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2024 | 3,459 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,608 kg/ha | 2,960 kg/ha | 6,667 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,402 kg/ha | 2,567 kg/ha | 4,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,825 kg/ha | 1,482 kg/ha | 4,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,387 kg/ha | 1,574 kg/ha | 3,504 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,166 kg/ha | 2,690 kg/ha | 3,498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,399 kg/ha | 3,307 kg/ha | 3,518 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,447 kg/ha | 3,397 kg/ha | 3,472 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in China, mainland?
- Plums and sloes — yield in China, mainland was 3,459 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 6,667 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,482 kg/ha in 1989.
- How does China, mainland rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 72nd out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.