Plums and sloes — Yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Plums and sloes — Yield was 14,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plums and sloes — Yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plums and sloes — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 14,000 kg/ha.
The figure is up 7.7% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plums and sloes — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 28,409 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 3,301 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 13th 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,717 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,618 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1963 | 14,140 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 11,684 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 1965 | 9,947 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1966 | 7,503 kg/ha | -24.6% |
| 1967 | 4,035 kg/ha | -46.2% |
| 1968 | 13,734 kg/ha | +240.4% |
| 1969 | 13,996 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1970 | 12,956 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1971 | 10,200 kg/ha | -21.3% |
| 1972 | 11,176 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1973 | 11,538 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1974 | 11,200 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 8,400 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1976 | 14,333 kg/ha | +70.6% |
| 1977 | 12,229 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1978 | 11,971 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 13,500 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1980 | 13,314 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1981 | 7,900 kg/ha | -40.7% |
| 1982 | 13,560 kg/ha | +71.6% |
| 1983 | 14,560 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 13,600 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 10,328 kg/ha | -24.1% |
| 1986 | 11,459 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1987 | 12,276 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1988 | 10,044 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1989 | 4,739 kg/ha | -52.8% |
| 1990 | 3,301 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 1991 | 10,713 kg/ha | +224.5% |
| 1992 | 9,273 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1993 | 6,417 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1994 | 5,915 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 7,350 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1996 | 13,200 kg/ha | +79.6% |
| 1997 | 8,643 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 1998 | 4,923 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 1999 | 8,454 kg/ha | +71.7% |
| 2000 | 4,417 kg/ha | -47.8% |
| 2001 | 13,832 kg/ha | +213.2% |
| 2002 | 13,263 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2003 | 15,100 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2004 | 13,878 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 13,619 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 14,100 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2007 | 15,540 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2008 | 28,409 kg/ha | +82.8% |
| 2009 | 14,931 kg/ha | -47.4% |
| 2010 | 15,172 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2011 | 15,219 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 6,655 kg/ha | -56.3% |
| 2013 | 15,000 kg/ha | +125.4% |
| 2014 | 15,500 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2015 | 15,616 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2016 | 12,802 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2017 | 12,500 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 14,000 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2019 | 12,600 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 15,550 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2021 | 8,000 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 2022 | 15,000 kg/ha | +87.5% |
| 2023 | 13,000 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2024 | 14,000 kg/ha | +7.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plums and sloes — Yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +240.4% | 4,035 kg/ha | 13,734 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +224.5% | 3,301 kg/ha | 10,713 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +213.2% | 4,417 kg/ha | 13,832 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,264 kg/ha | 4,035 kg/ha | 14,140 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,750 kg/ha | 8,400 kg/ha | 14,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,178 kg/ha | 4,739 kg/ha | 14,560 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,819 kg/ha | 3,301 kg/ha | 13,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,709 kg/ha | 4,417 kg/ha | 28,409 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,506 kg/ha | 6,655 kg/ha | 15,616 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,110 kg/ha | 8,000 kg/ha | 15,550 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plums and sloes — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Plums and sloes — yield in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 14,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plums and sloes — yield recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 28,409 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest plums and sloes — yield recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,301 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for plums and sloes — yield?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 13th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plums and sloes — yield rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.