Plums and sloes — Yield in France
France: Plums and sloes — Yield was 11,123 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in France, 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 France is 11,123 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 19.0% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in France peaked at 16,128 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 1,728 kg/ha, in 1975.
France ranks 17th of 88 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in France, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,856 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,444 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1963 | 8,724 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1964 | 5,278 kg/ha | -39.5% |
| 1965 | 8,211 kg/ha | +55.6% |
| 1966 | 5,385 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1967 | 6,398 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1968 | 9,725 kg/ha | +52.0% |
| 1969 | 10,221 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1970 | 10,923 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1971 | 7,369 kg/ha | -32.5% |
| 1972 | 8,948 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 1973 | 10,185 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1974 | 8,845 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 1975 | 1,728 kg/ha | -80.5% |
| 1976 | 10,503 kg/ha | +507.8% |
| 1977 | 4,166 kg/ha | -60.3% |
| 1978 | 8,516 kg/ha | +104.4% |
| 1979 | 8,778 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1980 | 8,572 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1981 | 5,883 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1982 | 8,150 kg/ha | +38.5% |
| 1983 | 7,064 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1984 | 9,210 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 1985 | 7,699 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1986 | 8,500 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1987 | 8,104 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1988 | 9,693 kg/ha | +19.6% |
| 1989 | 7,004 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1990 | 9,799 kg/ha | +39.9% |
| 1991 | 5,617 kg/ha | -42.7% |
| 1992 | 15,036 kg/ha | +167.7% |
| 1993 | 8,897 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 1994 | 10,466 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1995 | 13,878 kg/ha | +32.6% |
| 1996 | 16,128 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1997 | 9,168 kg/ha | -43.2% |
| 1998 | 9,946 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1999 | 8,823 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2000 | 10,517 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 2001 | 13,848 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2002 | 12,510 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 12,740 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 11,688 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2005 | 11,064 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 12,202 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 13,212 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2008 | 8,610 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 2009 | 12,768 kg/ha | +48.3% |
| 2010 | 13,567 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 9,596 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 2012 | 10,827 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2013 | 9,880 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2014 | 12,440 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2015 | 10,854 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2016 | 15,590 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 2017 | 14,017 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 2018 | 11,719 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 2019 | 13,831 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2020 | 14,388 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2021 | 6,769 kg/ha | -53.0% |
| 2022 | 6,626 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 13,738 kg/ha | +107.3% |
| 2024 | 11,123 kg/ha | -19.0% |
France compared with similar countries
- France's 11,123 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,566 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- France's 11,123 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,048 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Yield in France 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +507.8% | 1,728 kg/ha | 10,503 kg/ha |
| 1992 | +167.7% | 5,617 kg/ha | 15,036 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,805 kg/ha | 5,278 kg/ha | 10,221 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,996 kg/ha | 1,728 kg/ha | 10,923 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,988 kg/ha | 5,883 kg/ha | 9,693 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,776 kg/ha | 5,617 kg/ha | 16,128 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,916 kg/ha | 8,610 kg/ha | 13,848 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,232 kg/ha | 9,596 kg/ha | 15,590 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,529 kg/ha | 6,626 kg/ha | 14,388 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for France
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 14.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.014 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 687.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.033 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in France?
- Plums and sloes — yield in France was 11,123 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in France?
- The highest recorded value was 16,128 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in France?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,728 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does France rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- France ranks 17th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in France?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this France 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.