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Countries by plum and sloe production in 2016

A map of world plum and sloe production, 2005

This article lists the countries that produce the most plums and sloes. Sloes are small, dark fruits related to plums. This information comes from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which collects data about food around the world.

In 2022, the world produced about 12.39 million metric tonnes of plums and sloes. That's a huge amount of fruit! This was a slight increase from the 12.2 million tonnes produced in 2021. By far, the biggest producer was China, growing more than half of all the plums and sloes globally.

Top Plum and Sloe Producing Countries

This section shows which countries grow the most plums and sloes. The numbers are in metric tonnes and cover the years from 2016 to 2022.

Countries Producing Over 100,000 Tonnes

These countries are the biggest growers of plums and sloes, each producing more than 100,000 tonnes in 2022. China leads the way by a very large margin!

Rank	Country/region	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
1	China	6,752,221	6,777,011	6,761,754	6,717,899	6,851,378	6,715,985	6,586,334
—	European Union	1,472,320	1,571,810	1,639,710	1,625,030	1,763,740	1,290,877	1,479,674
2	Romania	665,730	807,170	757,880	692,670	830,060	444,922	512,975
3	Serbia	488,593	412,778	582,547	558,930	430,199	330,582	471,442
4	Chile	424,887	420,766	414,129	445,000	359,000	357,600	353,000
5	Turkey	348,750	332,533	329,056	317,946	296,878	291,934	297,589
6	Iran	332,231	324,447	341,291	359,176	305,617	355,416	298,893
7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	306,880	131,574	159,197	114,415	190,386	74,398	131,579
8	United States	279,500	303,270	245,380	327,950	345,000	402,250	240,770
9	India							232,481
10	Russia	212,300	197,600	182,000	174,000	165,800	133,200	151,700
11	Italy	187,350	137,770	156,290	215,020	197,730	206,966	220,729
12	Morocco	178,865	178,761	143,457	151,488	205,222	179,387	123,577
13	Uzbekistan	177,602	143,351	130,092	133,078	134,869	115,966	121,012
14	Ukraine	168,610	188,300	173,230	181,140	198,070	200,470	178,320
15	Spain	157,370	179,320	153,590	179,840	152,980	172,325	193,598
16	Poland	133,200	117,400	117,400	94,950	121,080	38,403	109,503
17	South Africa	111,227	101,969	65,373	62,557	74,254	77,408	87,746
18	Argentina	101,874	60,684	64,825	52,517	176,000	39,110	150,229
19	Moldova	100,200	136,100	103,173	131,947	132,754	93,182	99,716

Countries Producing 10,000 to 100,000 Tonnes

These countries also produce a lot of plums and sloes, with their output ranging from 10,000 to 100,000 tonnes each year.

Rank	Country/region	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
20	France	99,990	106,280	225,900	205,110	175,440	211,142	229,990
21	Algeria	99,048	97,056	98,908	113,085	111,471	111,797	102,692
22	Mexico	88,163	84,182	90,438	72,902	84,447	83,607	77,931
23	Pakistan	59,676	60,280	52,075	51,276	47,701	46,423	45,863
24	Bulgaria	56,650	65,120	60,020	56,190	56,430	49,194	48,630
25	Libya	54,924	54,997	54,796	54,978	55,218	54,191	55,525
26	South Korea	52,616	50,257	50,028	51,087	53,794	62,778	63,776
27	Germany	51,370	44,460	51,320	52,140	70,120	23,885	37,783
28	Afghanistan	45,890	57,336	29,872	38,321	35,971	31,844	18,504
29	Albania	45,141	41,186	41,708	40,928	41,241	42,437	40,180
30	Azerbaijan	41,140	39,149	37,174	36,951	36,415	33,559	28,793
31	Macedonia	39,512	27,031	34,983	32,303	37,719	17,880	33,684
32	Lebanon	38,150	39,190	38,367	36,894	35,566	37,612	42,181
33	Hungary	34,970	33,250	27,040	45,250	46,690	43,295	47,560
34	Armenia	34,204	25,000	24,961	23,229	21,164	24,016	15,684
35	Turkmenistan	33,873	33,837	33,801	33,796	33,760	33,550	33,550
36	Greece	24,380	21,410	21,200	20,540	28,790	19,183	20,570
37	Egypt	23,703	46,653	17,280	16,450	14,429	14,883	12,187
38	Syria	23,082	21,539	25,888	26,808	31,289	31,294	31,109
39	Tunisia	20,000	18,500	20,000	19,000	14,000	13,600	15,500
40	Israel	19,000	17,000	20,970	25,000	22,700	24,500	19,500
41	Japan	18,800	18,800	16,500	18,100	23,100	19,600	23,000
42	Colombia	18,734	18,460	16,420	16,904	16,565	18,092	16,703
43	Australia	18,310	18,445	18,612	18,640	18,548	18,701	17,992
44	Portugal	17,770	22,350	19,180	20,800	17,480	29,784	26,067
45	Yemen	17,214	14,825	12,236	10,023	8,126
46	Georgia	16,400	10,100	11,300	4,200	9,500	3,800	8,500
47	Iraq	13,138	14,994	16,584	15,351	4,464	3,579	3,421
48	Kyrgyzstan	12,351	12,309	12,329	12,414	12,185	12,389	12,667
49	Belarus	12,185	15,373	15,632	12,759	27,681	3,293	22,228
50	Czechia	10,680	6,980	8,820	8,760	12,920	4,065	5,998
51	Croatia	10,640	5,200	11,450	9,060	12,540	8,209	9,420
52	Austria	10,500	13,850	17,860	12,780	29,560	9,721	7,783
53	Nepal	10,445	10,134	11,737	10,375	9,887	9,119	10,563

Countries Producing Under 10,000 Tonnes

These countries produce smaller amounts of plums and sloes, but they still contribute to the global supply.

Rank	Country/region	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
54	Taiwan	8,968	10,848	10,481	8,090	13,080	12,787	13,727
55	Kazakhstan	8,893	10,398	10,185	9,667	8,312	6,701	5,410
56	Ecuador	8,751	8,733	8,715	8,830	8,810	8,775	8,756
57	Netherlands	6,400	6,510	6,800	6,870	6,500	5,570	5,366
58	Switzerland	6,338	3,021	9,446	7,198	14,263	3,985	5,766
59	Peru	6,078	7,798	6,861	7,841	8,483	7,413	9,031
60	Jordan	4,333	4,023	3,683	4,150	3,366	3,070	7,051
61	Bolivia	4,209	4,022	4,094	4,530	4,189	4,208	2,989
62	Tajikistan	4,143	3,983	3,539	3,500	3,500	3,500	3,500
63	United Kingdom	4,099	3,600	8,319	7,371	8,680	8,000	9,230
64	Tanzania	4,041	4,054	4,052	4,019	4,091	4,046	3,919
65	Canada	3,788	3,665	2,993	4,096	3,643	4,364	3,092
66	Madagascar	2,356	2,349	2,368	2,351	2,328	2,298	2,265
67	Uruguay	2,162	2,440	2,292	2,560	2,324	2,055	1,259
68	Norway	2,014	2,533	724	2,568	1,948	1,859	1,859
69	Paraguay	1,981	1,968	1,956	1,943	1,952	1,929	1,899
70	Cyprus	1,550	1,700	1,600	1,210	1,190	1,632	1,178
71	Eswatini	1,446	1,446	1,445	1,408	1,461	1,487	1,505
72	New Zealand	1,340	1,818	1,829	1,602	1,611	1,405	1,782
73	Slovakia	1,260	1,540	1,260	1,790	2,190	993	494
74	Montenegro	1,116	1,229	842	722	1,379	1,045	1,588
75	Kenya	1,029	1,074	448	557	807	1,046	1,952

Countries Producing Under 1,000 Tonnes

These countries produce less than 1,000 tonnes of plums and sloes, but their contributions are still part of the global picture.

Rank	Country/region	2022	2021	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016
76	Lithuania	830	440	530	470	380	409	823
77	Grenada	757	755	753	751	745	743	744
78	Cameroon	619	623	620	614	635	611	597
79	Palestine	522	626	1,120	1,431	1,838	2,300	2,336
80	Slovenia	450	150	620	420	580	208	330
81	Denmark	330	320	290	450	390	359	330
82	Bhutan	312	257	439	585	532	482	376
83	Sweden	290	270	190	250	250	250	200
84	Zimbabwe	266	267	267	265	269	266	261
85	Belgium	200	70	150	130	100	17	12
86	Luxembourg	180	110	190	170	170	23	12
87	Malawi	149	149	150	150	150	152
88	Latvia	110	100	100	60	100	58	104
89	Estonia	60	30	20	60	30	266	210
90	Malta	60	10	10	40	40