List of countries by plum production

Countries by plum and sloe production in 2016

This is a list of countries by plum and sloe production from 2017–2022, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database. The estimated total world production of plum and sloe in 2022 was 12,391,467 metric tonnes, up 1% from 12,209,265 tonnes in 2021. China was by far the largest producer, accounting for just over 54% of global production.

Production by country

>100,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/region	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
1	China	6,752,221	6,777,011	6,761,754	6,717,899	6,851,378	6,715,985
—	European Union	1,472,320	1,571,810	1,639,710	1,625,030	1,763,740	1,290,877
2	Romania	665,730	807,170	757,880	692,670	830,060	444,922
3	Serbia	488,593	412,778	582,547	558,930	430,199	330,582
4	Chile	424,887	420,766	414,129	445,000	359,000	357,600
5	Turkey	348,750	332,533	329,056	317,946	296,878	291,934
6	Iran	332,231	324,447	341,291	359,176	305,617	355,416
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	306,880	131,574	159,197	114,415	190,386	74,398
8	United States	279,500	303,270	245,380	327,950	345,000	402,250
9	Russia	212,300	197,600	182,000	174,000	165,800	133,200
10	Italy	187,350	137,770	156,290	215,020	197,730	206,966
11	Morocco	178,865	178,761	143,457	151,488	205,222	179,387
12	Uzbekistan	177,602	143,351	130,092	133,078	134,869	115,966
13	Ukraine	168,610	188,300	173,230	181,140	198,070	200,470
14	Spain	157,370	179,320	153,590	179,840	152,980	172,325
15	Poland	133,200	117,400	117,400	94,950	121,080	38,403
16	South Africa	111,227	101,969	65,373	62,557	74,254	77,408
17	Argentina	101,874	60,684	64,825	52,517	176,000	39,110
18	Moldova	100,200	136,100	103,173	131,947	132,754	93,182

A map of world plum and sloe production, 2005

10,000–100,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/region	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
19	France	99,990	106,280	225,900	205,110	175,440	211,142
20	Algeria	99,048	97,056	98,908	113,085	111,471	111,797
21	Mexico	88,163	84,182	90,438	72,902	84,447	83,607
22	Pakistan	59,676	60,280	52,075	51,276	47,701	46,423
23	Bulgaria	56,650	65,120	60,020	56,190	56,430	49,194
24	Libya	54,924	54,997	54,796	54,978	55,218	54,191
25	South Korea	52,616	50,257	50,028	51,087	53,794	62,778
26	Germany	51,370	44,460	51,320	52,140	70,120	23,885
27	Afghanistan	45,890	57,336	29,872	38,321	35,971	31,844
28	Albania	45,141	41,186	41,708	40,928	41,241	42,437
29	Azerbaijan	41,140	39,149	37,174	36,951	36,415	33,559
30	North Macedonia	39,512	27,031	34,983	32,303	37,719	17,880
31	Lebanon	38,150	39,190	38,367	36,894	35,566	37,612
32	Hungary	34,970	33,250	27,040	45,250	46,690	43,295
33	Armenia	34,204	25,000	24,961	23,229	21,164	24,016
34	Turkmenistan	33,873	33,837	33,801	33,796	33,760	33,550
35	Greece	24,380	21,410	21,200	20,540	28,790	19,183
36	Egypt	23,703	46,653	17,280	16,450	14,429	14,883
37	Syria	23,082	21,539	25,888	26,808	31,289	31,294
38	Tunisia	20,000	18,500	20,000	19,000	14,000	13,600
39	Israel	19,000	17,000	20,970	25,000	22,700	24,500
40	Japan	18,800	18,800	16,500	18,100	23,100	19,600
41	Colombia	18,734	18,460	16,420	16,904	16,565	18,092
42	Australia	18,310	18,445	18,612	18,640	18,548	18,701
43	Portugal	17,770	22,350	19,180	20,800	17,480	29,784
44	Yemen	17,214	14,825	12,236	10,023	8,126	–
45	Georgia	16,400	10,100	11,300	4,200	9,500	3,800
46	Iraq	13,138	14,994	16,584	15,351	4,464	3,579
47	Kyrgyzstan	12,351	12,309	12,329	12,414	12,185	12,389
48	Belarus	12,185	15,373	15,632	12,759	27,681	3,293
49	Czech Republic	10,680	6,980	8,820	8,760	12,920	4,065
50	Croatia	10,640	5,200	11,450	9,060	12,540	8,209
51	Austria	10,500	13,850	17,860	12,780	29,560	9,721
52	Nepal	10,445	10,134	11,737	10,375	9,887	9,119

1,000–10,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/region	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
53	Taiwan	8,968	10,848	10,481	8,090	13,080	12,787
54	Kazakhstan	8,893	10,398	10,185	9,667	8,312	6,701
55	Ecuador	8,751	8,733	8,715	8,830	8,810	8,775
56	Netherlands	6,400	6,510	6,800	6,870	6,500	5,570
57	Switzerland	6,338	3,021	9,446	7,198	14,263	3,985
58	Peru	6,078	7,798	6,861	7,841	8,483	7,413
59	Jordan	4,333	4,023	3,683	4,150	3,366	3,070
60	Bolivia	4,209	4,022	4,094	4,530	4,189	4,208
61	Tajikistan	4,143	3,983	3,539	3,500	3,500	3,500
62	United Kingdom	4,099	3,600	8,319	7,371	8,680	8,000
63	Tanzania	4,041	4,054	4,052	4,019	4,091	4,046
64	Canada	3,788	3,665	2,993	4,096	3,643	4,364
65	Madagascar	2,356	2,349	2,368	2,351	2,328	2,298
66	Uruguay	2,162	2,440	2,292	2,560	2,324	2,055
67	Norway	2,014	2,533	724	2,568	1,948	1,859
68	Paraguay	1,981	1,968	1,956	1,943	1,952	1,929
69	Cyprus	1,550	1,700	1,600	1,210	1,190	1,632
70	Eswatini	1,446	1,446	1,445	1,408	1,461	1,487
71	New Zealand	1,340	1,818	1,829	1,602	1,611	1,405
72	Slovakia	1,260	1,540	1,260	1,790	2,190	993
73	Montenegro	1,116	1,229	842	722	1,379	1,045
74	Kenya	1,029	1,074	448	557	807	1,046

<1,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/region	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017
75	Lithuania	830	440	530	470	380	409
76	Grenada	757	755	753	751	745	743
77	Cameroon	619	623	620	614	635	611
78	Palestine	522	626	1,120	1,431	1,838	2,300
79	Slovenia	450	150	620	420	580	208
80	Denmark	330	320	290	450	390	359
81	Bhutan	312	257	439	585	532	482
82	Sweden	290	270	190	250	250	250
83	Zimbabwe	266	267	267	265	269	266
84	Belgium	200	70	150	130	100	17
85	Luxembourg	180	110	190	170	170	23
86	Malawi	149	149	150	150	150	152
87	Latvia	110	100	100	60	100	58
88	Estonia	60	30	20	60	30	266
89	Malta	60	10	10	40	40	–

External links

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