Australia vs Northern America: Oranges — Area harvested
Oranges — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Northern America
How they compare
Northern America currently reports 150,585 ha against 28,570 ha in Australia, a difference of 122,015 ha.
That makes Northern America's figure about 5.3 times Australia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern America has been ahead every year.
Australia ranks 19th and Northern America ranks 16th of 136 countries.
Northern America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,379 ha | 257,578 ha | 240,199 ha | Northern America |
| 1970s | 18,488 ha | 343,535 ha | 325,047 ha | Northern America |
| 1980s | 22,450 ha | 272,310 ha | 249,860 ha | Northern America |
| 1990s | 26,730 ha | 296,704 ha | 269,974 ha | Northern America |
| 2000s | 23,124 ha | 294,359 ha | 271,235 ha | Northern America |
| 2010s | 18,456 ha | 233,086 ha | 214,630 ha | Northern America |
| 2020s | 25,018 ha | 182,070 ha | 157,052 ha | Northern America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher oranges — area harvested, Australia or Northern America?
- Northern America, at 150,585 ha against 28,570 ha in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in oranges — area harvested between Australia and Northern America?
- 122,015 ha, with Northern America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Northern America rank globally for oranges — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 19th and Northern America ranks 16th of 136 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Oranges — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.