List of countries by plum production

This is a list of countries by plum and sloe production in 2016 and 2017, based on data from the Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Statistical Database.[1] The estimated total world production of plum and sloe for 2017 was 11,758,135 metric tonnes, down 1% from 11,875,874 tonnes in 2016.[n 1] China was by far the largest producer, accounting for nearly 58% of global production.

Countries by plum and sloe production in 2016

A map of world plum and sloe production, 2005.

Production by country

>100,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2017	2016
1	China	6,791,974	6,632,558
—	European Union[n 2]	1,292,856	1,474,983
2	Romania	434,390	512,975
3	United States	423,200	264,990
4	Serbia	330,582	471,442
5	Iran	298,893	263,395
6	Turkey	291,934	297,589
7	Chile	290,175	293,216
8	India	269,467	262,197
9	Italy	206,966	220,729
10	France	205,031	211,269
11	Ukraine	200,470	178,320
12	Morocco	179,387	123,577
13	Spain	172,325	193,598
14	Russia	146,377	164,602
15	Uzbekistan	115,966	120,263
16	Algeria	111,797	102,692

10,000–100,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2017	2016
17	Mexico	83,607	77,931
18	South Korea	82,946	78,857
19	Moldova	76,164	99,716
20	South Africa	75,668	87,030
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	74,398	131,579
22	Poland	58,403	109,503
23	Pakistan	56,208	55,129
24	Turkmenistan	53,346	50,942
25	Libya	52,483	51,977
26	Bulgaria	49,194	48,630
27	Hungary	43,678	47,560
28	Albania	42,437	40,180
28	Argentina	39,110	150,229
30	Azerbaijan	33,559	28,793
31	Syria	30,993	30,949
32	Portugal	29,515	26,067
33	Greece	25,500	23,780
34	Afghanistan	25,274	18,504
35	Israel	24,500	19,500
36	Armenia	24,016	15,684
37	Germany	23,885	37,783
38	Lebanon	23,365	23,493
39	Japan	19,600	23,000
40	Macedonia	17,880	33,684
41	Australia	17,862	17,992
42	Tunisia	16,115	15,500
43	Colombia	16,081	16,703
44	Taiwan	12,424	13,727
45	Kyrgyzstan	12,206	10,877

1,000–10,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2017	2016
46	Egypt	9,736	12,187
47	Austria	9,721	7,783
48	Montenegro	9,231	8,902
49	Nepal	9,119	10,563
50	Ecuador	8,878	8,834
51	Croatia	8,209	9,420
52	United Kingdom	8,000	9,200
53	Peru	7,413	9,031
54	Kazakhstan	6,701	5,410
55	Switzerland	5,816	5,766
56	Netherlands	5,789	5,543
57	Tanzania	5,091	4,684
58	Canada	4,626	3,092
59	Slovenia	4,500	3,267
60	Tajikistan	4,330	3,830
61	Czech Republic	4,065	5,998
62	Georgia	3,800	8,500
63	Jordan	3,792	7,051
64	Iraq	3,579	3,421
65	Belarus	3,293	22,228
66	Bolivia	2,951	2,989
67	Madagascar	2,267	2,244
68	Kenya	2,118	1,952
69	Uruguay	2,036	1,259
70	Paraguay	1,834	1,815
71	Palestine	1,733	1,733
72	New Zealand	1,680	1,818
73	Swaziland	1,301	1,317
74	Norway	1,201	1,842
75	Cyprus	1,183	1,178

<1,000 tonnes

Rank	Country/Region	2017	2016
76	Slovakia	993	494
77	Grenada	764	759
78	Cameroon	631	617
79	Bhutan	482	376
80	Lithuania	409	832
81	Denmark	359	330
82	Estonia	266	210
83	Zimbabwe	259	255
84	Sweden	250	200
85	Malawi	162	N/A
86	Luxembourg	150	120
87	Latvia	58	104
88	Belgium	17	12

External links

• FAO complete list

Notes

1. Sum of values for countries with available data, which may be official or FAO data based on imputation methodology
2. Value for a specific year is the sum of the available values for EU member states for that year

References

1. "Crops". FAOSTAT. Retrieved 5 August 2019. Countries - Select All; Regions - World + (Total); Elements - Production Quantity; Items - Plums and sloes; Years - 2017 + 2016