Plums and sloes — Yield in Germany
Germany: Plums and sloes — Yield was 10,333 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Germany, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plums and sloes — yield in Germany is 10,333 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.7% on the previous year and down 29.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Germany peaked at 17,062 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 5,699 kg/ha, in 2017.
That places Germany 22nd out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Germany, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 8,138 kg/ha | — |
| 1986 | 8,465 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1987 | 6,313 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 1988 | 8,120 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 1989 | 6,724 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1990 | 6,516 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1991 | 7,102 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1992 | 7,251 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 6,367 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1994 | 8,286 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1995 | 6,776 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1996 | 7,959 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1997 | 5,963 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1998 | 8,852 kg/ha | +48.4% |
| 1999 | 10,167 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 2000 | 11,167 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2001 | 7,574 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 2002 | 9,160 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2003 | 10,594 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2004 | 17,062 kg/ha | +61.1% |
| 2005 | 8,793 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 2006 | 11,225 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2007 | 14,403 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2008 | 6,910 kg/ha | -52.0% |
| 2009 | 16,123 kg/ha | +133.3% |
| 2010 | 10,829 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 2011 | 12,924 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2012 | 9,207 kg/ha | -28.8% |
| 2013 | 12,587 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 2014 | 14,623 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2015 | 12,190 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2016 | 9,801 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2017 | 5,699 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 2018 | 14,548 kg/ha | +155.3% |
| 2019 | 10,795 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 2020 | 10,603 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 9,167 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2022 | 10,724 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2023 | 10,405 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2024 | 10,333 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Germany compared with similar countries
- Germany's 10,333 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,566 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Germany's 10,333 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,048 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 7,552 kg/ha | 6,313 kg/ha | 8,465 kg/ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 7,524 kg/ha | 5,963 kg/ha | 10,167 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,301 kg/ha | 6,910 kg/ha | 17,062 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,320 kg/ha | 5,699 kg/ha | 14,623 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,247 kg/ha | 9,167 kg/ha | 10,724 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Germany
More agriculture & rural data for Germany
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0087 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 527.18 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6813 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1786 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in Germany?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Germany was 10,333 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Germany?
- The highest recorded value was 17,062 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Germany?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,699 kg/ha in 2017.
- How does Germany rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Germany ranks 22nd out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Germany?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Germany 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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About this data
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.