Plums and sloes — Yield in Spain
Spain: Plums and sloes — Yield was 10,740 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Plums and sloes — Yield in Spain, 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 Spain is 10,740 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.7% on the previous year and down 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in Spain peaked at 25,458 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 4,728 kg/ha, in 1977.
That places Spain 19th out of 88 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Plums and sloes — Yield in Spain, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,609 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,542 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1963 | 25,458 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1964 | 19,342 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 1965 | 20,333 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1966 | 13,954 kg/ha | -31.4% |
| 1967 | 14,745 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1968 | 16,000 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1969 | 12,321 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1970 | 9,183 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 1971 | 9,108 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1972 | 8,549 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1973 | 7,746 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1974 | 8,634 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1975 | 6,924 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1976 | 8,094 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1977 | 4,728 kg/ha | -41.6% |
| 1978 | 7,767 kg/ha | +64.3% |
| 1979 | 7,143 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 7,015 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 7,821 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1982 | 7,347 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1983 | 8,568 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1984 | 8,580 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 6,722 kg/ha | -21.7% |
| 1986 | 6,062 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1987 | 6,495 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 5,612 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1989 | 6,660 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1990 | 5,981 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1991 | 7,108 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 1992 | 6,896 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1993 | 7,376 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1994 | 7,005 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 6,118 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1996 | 7,241 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1997 | 7,921 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1998 | 7,303 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1999 | 8,012 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2000 | 9,120 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2001 | 8,773 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2002 | 10,967 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2003 | 11,307 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2004 | 7,442 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 2005 | 12,008 kg/ha | +61.4% |
| 2006 | 8,709 kg/ha | -27.5% |
| 2007 | 9,656 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2008 | 10,639 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2009 | 12,590 kg/ha | +18.3% |
| 2010 | 12,199 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2011 | 13,528 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2012 | 12,693 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2013 | 10,386 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 2014 | 13,690 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 2015 | 13,527 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 12,672 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 11,338 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 10,450 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 12,110 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2020 | 10,659 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2021 | 13,099 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 2022 | 11,877 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2023 | 12,891 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2024 | 10,740 kg/ha | -16.7% |
Spain compared with similar countries
- Spain's 10,740 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 6,566 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Spain's 10,740 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 6,048 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (40 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,589 kg/ha | 12,321 kg/ha | 25,458 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,787 kg/ha | 4,728 kg/ha | 9,183 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,088 kg/ha | 5,612 kg/ha | 8,580 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,096 kg/ha | 5,981 kg/ha | 8,012 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,121 kg/ha | 7,442 kg/ha | 12,590 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,259 kg/ha | 10,386 kg/ha | 13,690 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,853 kg/ha | 10,659 kg/ha | 13,099 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Spain
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0268 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,036 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0113 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1949 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in Spain?
- Plums and sloes — yield in Spain was 10,740 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 25,458 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,728 kg/ha in 1977.
- How does Spain rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- Spain ranks 19th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Spain 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.