Apples — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Apples — Area harvested was 18,510 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Apples — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apples — area harvested in Australia is 18,510 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 3.0% on the previous year and up 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — area harvested in Australia peaked at 29,219 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 16,441 ha, in 2008.
Australia ranks 39th 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 26,656 ha | — |
| 1962 | 26,658 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 27,473 ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 27,794 ha | +1.2% |
| 1965 | 28,722 ha | +3.3% |
| 1966 | 28,778 ha | +0.2% |
| 1967 | 28,818 ha | +0.1% |
| 1968 | 28,408 ha | -1.4% |
| 1969 | 28,911 ha | +1.8% |
| 1970 | 29,127 ha | +0.7% |
| 1971 | 29,219 ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 29,138 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 26,200 ha | -10.1% |
| 1974 | 23,100 ha | -11.8% |
| 1975 | 21,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1976 | 19,560 ha | -6.9% |
| 1977 | 18,680 ha | -4.5% |
| 1978 | 17,800 ha | -4.7% |
| 1979 | 17,890 ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 18,340 ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 18,300 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 18,200 ha | -0.5% |
| 1983 | 18,300 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 18,200 ha | -0.5% |
| 1985 | 18,440 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 19,200 ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 19,100 ha | -0.5% |
| 1988 | 19,130 ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 19,764 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 21,100 ha | +6.8% |
| 1991 | 20,400 ha | -3.3% |
| 1992 | 19,700 ha | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 19,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 19,720 ha | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 19,750 ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 19,750 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 19,755 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 19,760 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 19,760 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 19,700 ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 25,000 ha | +26.9% |
| 2002 | 22,000 ha | -12.0% |
| 2003 | 21,000 ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 20,500 ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 20,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 20,000 ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 16,441 ha | -17.8% |
| 2009 | 22,000 ha | +33.8% |
| 2010 | 16,792 ha | -23.7% |
| 2011 | 18,790 ha | +11.9% |
| 2012 | 18,056 ha | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 18,015 ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 16,704 ha | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 18,508 ha | +10.8% |
| 2016 | 19,315 ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 19,647 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 16,830 ha | -14.3% |
| 2019 | 16,636 ha | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 16,494 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 17,609 ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 19,376 ha | +10.0% |
| 2023 | 17,966 ha | -7.3% |
| 2024 | 18,510 ha | +3.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 18,510 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,490 ha, 4.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apples — Area harvested in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +33.8% | 16,441 ha | 22,000 ha |
| 2001 | +26.9% | 19,700 ha | 25,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,024 ha | 26,656 ha | 28,911 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,171 ha | 17,800 ha | 29,219 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,697 ha | 18,200 ha | 19,764 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 19,940 ha | 19,700 ha | 21,100 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,714 ha | 16,441 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 17,929 ha | 16,636 ha | 19,647 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,991 ha | 16,494 ha | 19,376 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is apples — area harvested in Australia?
- Apples — area harvested in Australia was 18,510 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 29,219 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest apples — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,441 ha in 2008.
- How does Australia rank for apples — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 39th out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.