Apples — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Apples — Area harvested was 28,032 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 28,032 ha for apples — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 11.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 37,915 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 23,396 ha, in 1978.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 29th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 29,976 ha | — |
| 1962 | 30,104 ha | +0.4% |
| 1963 | 31,043 ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 31,594 ha | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 32,512 ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 32,670 ha | +0.5% |
| 1967 | 32,832 ha | +0.5% |
| 1968 | 32,483 ha | -1.1% |
| 1969 | 33,144 ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 33,591 ha | +1.3% |
| 1971 | 33,959 ha | +1.1% |
| 1972 | 34,051 ha | +0.3% |
| 1973 | 31,292 ha | -8.1% |
| 1974 | 28,235 ha | -9.8% |
| 1975 | 26,202 ha | -7.2% |
| 1976 | 24,838 ha | -5.2% |
| 1977 | 24,047 ha | -3.2% |
| 1978 | 23,396 ha | -2.7% |
| 1979 | 23,600 ha | +0.9% |
| 1980 | 24,244 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 24,061 ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 24,408 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 25,056 ha | +2.7% |
| 1984 | 25,224 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 25,666 ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 27,018 ha | +5.3% |
| 1987 | 27,685 ha | +2.5% |
| 1988 | 28,800 ha | +4.0% |
| 1989 | 30,016 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 32,430 ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 31,730 ha | -2.2% |
| 1992 | 31,983 ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 32,637 ha | +2.0% |
| 1994 | 34,976 ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 35,666 ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 35,569 ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 35,555 ha | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 34,760 ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 34,260 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 33,814 ha | -1.3% |
| 2001 | 37,915 ha | +12.1% |
| 2002 | 33,717 ha | -11.1% |
| 2003 | 33,150 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 31,434 ha | -5.2% |
| 2005 | 31,482 ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 29,720 ha | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 29,247 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 25,273 ha | -13.6% |
| 2009 | 31,284 ha | +23.8% |
| 2010 | 26,172 ha | -16.3% |
| 2011 | 27,785 ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 26,901 ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 26,900 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 25,121 ha | -6.6% |
| 2015 | 28,507 ha | +13.5% |
| 2016 | 29,429 ha | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 28,262 ha | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 25,418 ha | -10.1% |
| 2019 | 26,397 ha | +3.9% |
| 2020 | 26,283 ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 27,398 ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 29,187 ha | +6.5% |
| 2023 | 27,777 ha | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 28,032 ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,818 ha | 29,976 ha | 33,144 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,321 ha | 23,396 ha | 34,051 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,218 ha | 24,061 ha | 30,016 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,957 ha | 31,730 ha | 35,666 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,704 ha | 25,273 ha | 37,915 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 27,089 ha | 25,121 ha | 29,429 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 27,735 ha | 26,283 ha | 29,187 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 26 Czechoslovakia 30,842 ha compare
- 27 Serbia and Montenegro 30,025 ha compare
- 28 Kazakhstan 28,678 ha compare
- 30 Spain 27,940 ha compare
- 31 Kyrgyzstan 27,187 ha compare
- 32 Serbia 26,947 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Apples — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 28,032 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 37,915 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,396 ha in 1978.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for apples — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 29th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.