Plums and sloes — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Plums and sloes — Yield was 7,902 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 7,902 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 9,043 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 4,678 kg/ha, in 1977.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,626 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,626 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,626 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 7,698 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1965 | 7,960 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1966 | 8,098 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1967 | 8,765 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 9,032 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 8,924 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 8,544 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1971 | 6,832 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1972 | 8,088 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1973 | 8,178 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 8,212 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 8,277 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 7,498 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1977 | 4,678 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 1978 | 6,536 kg/ha | +39.7% |
| 1979 | 6,475 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1980 | 6,671 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 7,251 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1982 | 7,275 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 7,341 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 7,305 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 7,190 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 7,454 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 7,362 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 7,184 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1989 | 7,205 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1990 | 7,319 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 8,403 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1992 | 8,040 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1993 | 7,418 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 8,655 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 9,043 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1996 | 8,034 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 8,341 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 8,325 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 8,399 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2000 | 8,441 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 8,481 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 8,432 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2003 | 8,693 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 8,116 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2005 | 8,443 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2006 | 8,773 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2007 | 8,454 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 8,526 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 8,556 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 7,931 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2011 | 7,774 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 7,124 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2013 | 8,602 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2014 | 7,410 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2015 | 6,721 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2016 | 6,059 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 7,374 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 2018 | 8,080 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 8,931 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2020 | 6,756 kg/ha | -24.3% |
| 2021 | 7,243 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 7,974 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 7,913 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 7,902 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +39.7% | 4,678 kg/ha | 6,536 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -37.6% | 7,498 kg/ha | 4,678 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,817 kg/ha | 6,626 kg/ha | 9,032 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,332 kg/ha | 4,678 kg/ha | 8,544 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,224 kg/ha | 6,671 kg/ha | 7,454 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,198 kg/ha | 7,319 kg/ha | 9,043 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,492 kg/ha | 8,116 kg/ha | 8,773 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,601 kg/ha | 6,059 kg/ha | 8,931 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,558 kg/ha | 6,756 kg/ha | 7,974 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 1 Austria 71,000 kg/ha compare
- 1 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 22,135 kg/ha compare
- 2 Switzerland 32,447 kg/ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 17,419 kg/ha compare
- 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 9,985 kg/ha compare
- 3 Chile 29,028 kg/ha compare
- 4 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 25,440 kg/ha compare
- 5 Israel 24,737 kg/ha compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 6,639 kg/ha compare
- 6 Jordan 18,437 kg/ha compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 6,297 kg/ha compare
- 7 Republic of Moldova 5,560 kg/ha compare
- 7 Turkmenistan 18,162 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 7,902 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 9,043 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,678 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 4th out of 10 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.