Plums and sloes — Yield in Europe
Europe: Plums and sloes — Yield was 7,244 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plums and sloes — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — yield in Europe is 7,244 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and up 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Europe peaked at 22,974 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 3,539 kg/ha, in 1995.
That places Europe 17th out of 25 groups 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 — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 22,974 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,431 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 1963 | 18,225 kg/ha | +35.7% |
| 1964 | 13,515 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1965 | 14,213 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 16,915 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1967 | 14,176 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1968 | 17,058 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1969 | 19,100 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1970 | 13,194 kg/ha | -30.9% |
| 1971 | 12,479 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 12,110 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 10,281 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 1974 | 10,386 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1975 | 10,696 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1976 | 13,266 kg/ha | +24.0% |
| 1977 | 12,014 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1978 | 12,242 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1979 | 16,281 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 1980 | 11,404 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 1981 | 10,036 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1982 | 15,220 kg/ha | +51.6% |
| 1983 | 14,594 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 14,082 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 5,377 kg/ha | -61.8% |
| 1986 | 5,529 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 4,850 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 1988 | 5,316 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1989 | 5,073 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 4,431 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1991 | 4,205 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 4,433 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1993 | 5,148 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1994 | 4,081 kg/ha | -20.7% |
| 1995 | 3,539 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1996 | 4,510 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1997 | 4,179 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1998 | 3,875 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1999 | 3,907 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 4,806 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 2001 | 5,086 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2002 | 4,499 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2003 | 5,982 kg/ha | +33.0% |
| 2004 | 5,287 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 2005 | 5,077 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2006 | 5,301 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2007 | 4,708 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2008 | 5,264 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2009 | 5,682 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2010 | 6,250 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2011 | 5,664 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2012 | 4,886 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2013 | 5,620 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2014 | 7,071 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2015 | 6,976 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 7,570 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2017 | 6,682 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2018 | 8,345 kg/ha | +24.9% |
| 2019 | 8,303 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 8,136 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 7,711 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2022 | 7,580 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 7,456 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 7,244 kg/ha | -2.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,623 kg/ha | 13,431 kg/ha | 22,974 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,295 kg/ha | 10,281 kg/ha | 16,281 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,148 kg/ha | 4,850 kg/ha | 15,220 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,231 kg/ha | 3,539 kg/ha | 5,148 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,169 kg/ha | 4,499 kg/ha | 5,982 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,737 kg/ha | 4,886 kg/ha | 8,345 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,625 kg/ha | 7,244 kg/ha | 8,136 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in Europe?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Europe was 7,244 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 22,974 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,539 kg/ha in 1995.
- How does Europe rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Europe ranks 17th out of 25 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Europe 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.