Plums and sloes — Yield in Italy
Italy: Plums and sloes — Yield was 15,073 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Italy, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 15,073 kg/ha for plums and sloes — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 11.6% on the previous year and down 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Italy peaked at 19,071 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6,847 kg/ha, in 1962.
That places Italy 11th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,425 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,847 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1963 | 8,019 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1964 | 7,713 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 10,110 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1966 | 9,655 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 10,336 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 10,338 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,976 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1970 | 11,845 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1971 | 11,918 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 12,625 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1973 | 10,839 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1974 | 9,873 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 10,631 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1976 | 14,776 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 1977 | 11,877 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 1978 | 13,594 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1979 | 14,380 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 16,561 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1981 | 15,185 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1982 | 15,750 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1983 | 14,375 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1984 | 13,697 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1985 | 13,648 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1986 | 13,082 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 13,308 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 15,414 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1989 | 13,391 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1990 | 13,743 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1991 | 11,706 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1992 | 14,413 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1993 | 11,911 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1994 | 13,248 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1995 | 8,700 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 1996 | 13,150 kg/ha | +51.1% |
| 1997 | 9,277 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1998 | 12,165 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1999 | 15,345 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 2000 | 14,579 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2001 | 14,115 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 14,023 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 10,049 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 2004 | 14,469 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 2005 | 14,370 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 13,833 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 14,107 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 14,063 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2009 | 13,460 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2010 | 14,593 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2011 | 13,520 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2012 | 14,803 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2013 | 15,238 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 15,793 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2015 | 15,595 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 19,071 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2017 | 16,327 kg/ha | -14.4% |
| 2018 | 16,871 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 18,008 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2020 | 13,145 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 2021 | 11,500 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2022 | 15,561 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 2023 | 13,503 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2024 | 15,073 kg/ha | +11.6% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 15,073 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,566 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Italy's 15,073 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,048 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,047 kg/ha | 6,847 kg/ha | 10,976 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,236 kg/ha | 9,873 kg/ha | 14,776 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,441 kg/ha | 13,082 kg/ha | 16,561 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,366 kg/ha | 8,700 kg/ha | 15,345 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,707 kg/ha | 10,049 kg/ha | 14,579 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,982 kg/ha | 13,520 kg/ha | 19,071 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,756 kg/ha | 11,500 kg/ha | 15,561 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in Italy?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Italy was 15,073 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 19,071 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,847 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Italy rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Italy ranks 11th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.