Apples — Yield in Australia
Australia: Apples — Yield was 15,868 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apples — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apples — yield in Australia stood at 15,868 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apples — yield in Australia peaked at 22,080 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 11,068 kg/ha, in 1961.
Australia ranks 43rd of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apples — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,068 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,240 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1963 | 12,724 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 13,219 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 12,534 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1966 | 13,096 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 12,837 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 13,154 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 14,612 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1970 | 14,559 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 15,149 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1972 | 12,361 kg/ha | -18.4% |
| 1973 | 16,273 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 1974 | 14,342 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1975 | 17,275 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1976 | 14,051 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 1977 | 16,143 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1978 | 14,515 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1979 | 19,282 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1980 | 16,293 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1981 | 16,772 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 16,180 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1983 | 16,438 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 14,670 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1985 | 19,089 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1986 | 15,000 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1987 | 17,002 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1988 | 15,672 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1989 | 16,345 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 15,138 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1991 | 14,153 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1992 | 16,046 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1993 | 16,639 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 15,564 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1995 | 16,028 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 14,185 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1997 | 17,872 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1998 | 15,630 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1999 | 16,921 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 16,226 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 12,107 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 2002 | 13,194 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2003 | 15,527 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2004 | 13,916 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2005 | 22,080 kg/ha | +58.7% |
| 2006 | 15,062 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 2007 | 18,899 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2008 | 16,147 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 2009 | 13,415 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2010 | 15,746 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2011 | 15,954 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 16,009 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 16,035 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 15,971 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 15,950 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 15,962 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 15,969 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 15,945 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 15,938 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 15,944 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 15,916 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 15,877 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 15,873 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 15,868 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 15,868 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 19,710 kg/ha, 81% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,831 kg/ha | 11,068 kg/ha | 14,612 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,395 kg/ha | 12,361 kg/ha | 19,282 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,346 kg/ha | 14,670 kg/ha | 19,089 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,818 kg/ha | 14,153 kg/ha | 17,872 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 15,657 kg/ha | 12,107 kg/ha | 22,080 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,948 kg/ha | 15,746 kg/ha | 16,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,896 kg/ha | 15,868 kg/ha | 15,944 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Australia?
- Apples — yield in Australia was 15,868 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apples — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 22,080 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest apples — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,068 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for apples — yield?
- Australia ranks 43rd out of 96 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apples — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apples — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.