Apricots — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Apricots — Area harvested was 3,294 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — 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 3,294 ha for apricots — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 25.5% on the previous year and down 51.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 6,965 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,624 ha, in 2023.
That places Australia and New Zealand 32nd out of 80 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Apricots — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,119 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,131 ha | +0.3% |
| 1963 | 4,345 ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 4,431 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 4,170 ha | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 4,185 ha | +0.4% |
| 1967 | 4,249 ha | +1.5% |
| 1968 | 4,043 ha | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 4,001 ha | -1.0% |
| 1970 | 3,932 ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 3,986 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 4,027 ha | +1.0% |
| 1973 | 3,955 ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 3,644 ha | -7.9% |
| 1975 | 3,399 ha | -6.7% |
| 1976 | 3,204 ha | -5.7% |
| 1977 | 2,961 ha | -7.6% |
| 1978 | 2,942 ha | -0.6% |
| 1979 | 2,930 ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 2,951 ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 2,861 ha | -3.0% |
| 1982 | 2,901 ha | +1.4% |
| 1983 | 2,928 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 3,000 ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 3,130 ha | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 2,978 ha | -4.9% |
| 1987 | 3,076 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 3,342 ha | +8.6% |
| 1989 | 3,577 ha | +7.0% |
| 1990 | 3,804 ha | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 3,710 ha | -2.5% |
| 1992 | 3,684 ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 3,824 ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 4,124 ha | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 4,141 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 4,065 ha | -1.8% |
| 1997 | 4,220 ha | +3.8% |
| 1998 | 3,734 ha | -11.5% |
| 1999 | 4,019 ha | +7.6% |
| 2000 | 3,859 ha | -4.0% |
| 2001 | 4,372 ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 3,636 ha | -16.8% |
| 2003 | 3,697 ha | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 2,922 ha | -21.0% |
| 2005 | 5,343 ha | +82.9% |
| 2006 | 6,500 ha | +21.7% |
| 2007 | 5,740 ha | -11.7% |
| 2008 | 6,028 ha | +5.0% |
| 2009 | 5,433 ha | -9.9% |
| 2010 | 5,772 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 6,773 ha | +17.3% |
| 2012 | 6,734 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 6,777 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 6,780 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 6,240 ha | -8.0% |
| 2016 | 5,937 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 4,445 ha | -25.1% |
| 2018 | 6,965 ha | +56.7% |
| 2019 | 4,885 ha | -29.9% |
| 2020 | 5,446 ha | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 6,092 ha | +11.9% |
| 2022 | 3,380 ha | -44.5% |
| 2023 | 2,624 ha | -22.4% |
| 2024 | 3,294 ha | +25.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,186 ha | 4,001 ha | 4,431 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,498 ha | 2,930 ha | 4,027 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,074 ha | 2,861 ha | 3,577 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,932 ha | 3,684 ha | 4,220 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,753 ha | 2,922 ha | 6,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,131 ha | 4,445 ha | 6,965 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,167 ha | 2,624 ha | 6,092 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is apricots — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Apricots — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 3,294 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 6,965 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,624 ha in 2023.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 32nd out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Apricots — 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.