Plums and sloes — Yield in Portugal
Portugal: Plums and sloes — Yield was 9,956 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in Portugal, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — yield in Portugal stood at 9,956 kg/ha.
The figure is down 13.1% on the previous year and down 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Portugal peaked at 16,714 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 2,362 kg/ha, in 1977.
Portugal ranks 24th of 88 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Portugal, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,504 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,478 kg/ha | -54.7% |
| 1963 | 12,160 kg/ha | +62.6% |
| 1964 | 9,458 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1965 | 8,917 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1966 | 10,400 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1967 | 14,000 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1968 | 5,108 kg/ha | -63.5% |
| 1969 | 7,182 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 1970 | 7,681 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1971 | 7,314 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1972 | 4,716 kg/ha | -35.5% |
| 1973 | 5,188 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 5,149 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 4,892 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 5,124 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1977 | 2,362 kg/ha | -53.9% |
| 1978 | 3,452 kg/ha | +46.1% |
| 1979 | 3,425 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1980 | 3,535 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1981 | 3,170 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 4,512 kg/ha | +42.3% |
| 1983 | 4,261 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1984 | 3,091 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 1985 | 3,193 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1986 | 6,006 kg/ha | +88.1% |
| 1987 | 6,266 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 5,173 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1989 | 5,769 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1990 | 6,436 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1991 | 5,357 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1992 | 5,690 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 5,814 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 7,525 kg/ha | +29.4% |
| 1995 | 7,690 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 7,628 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 7,806 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1998 | 6,270 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 1999 | 9,680 kg/ha | +54.4% |
| 2000 | 7,942 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2001 | 5,638 kg/ha | -29.0% |
| 2002 | 8,106 kg/ha | +43.8% |
| 2003 | 8,632 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2004 | 8,268 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2005 | 8,195 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 9,891 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2007 | 9,875 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 11,192 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2009 | 11,761 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 10,108 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 2011 | 11,147 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2012 | 10,450 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 9,163 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2014 | 14,281 kg/ha | +55.8% |
| 2015 | 13,723 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 14,490 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2017 | 16,714 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2018 | 9,711 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 2019 | 11,366 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 2020 | 10,481 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 12,771 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 2022 | 10,835 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2023 | 11,454 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 9,956 kg/ha | -13.1% |
Portugal compared with similar countries
- Portugal's 9,956 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,566 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Portugal's 9,956 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,048 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,134 kg/ha | 5,108 kg/ha | 16,504 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,930 kg/ha | 2,362 kg/ha | 7,681 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,497 kg/ha | 3,091 kg/ha | 6,266 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,989 kg/ha | 5,357 kg/ha | 9,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,950 kg/ha | 5,638 kg/ha | 11,761 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,115 kg/ha | 9,163 kg/ha | 16,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,100 kg/ha | 9,956 kg/ha | 12,771 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Portugal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0196 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 628.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5936 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in Portugal?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Portugal was 9,956 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The highest recorded value was 16,714 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Portugal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,362 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Portugal rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Portugal ranks 24th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Portugal?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Portugal 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.