Apricots — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Apricots — Area harvested was 3,028 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Apricots — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for apricots — area harvested in Australia is 3,028 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 28.7% on the previous year and down 51.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — area harvested in Australia peaked at 6,569 ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2,200 ha, in 1986.
That places Australia 34th 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,794 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,794 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,005 ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 4,059 ha | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 3,790 ha | -6.6% |
| 1966 | 3,793 ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 3,829 ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 3,590 ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 3,532 ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 3,430 ha | -2.9% |
| 1971 | 3,440 ha | +0.3% |
| 1972 | 3,440 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,340 ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 3,110 ha | -6.9% |
| 1975 | 2,820 ha | -9.3% |
| 1976 | 2,630 ha | -6.7% |
| 1977 | 2,420 ha | -8.0% |
| 1978 | 2,390 ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 2,360 ha | -1.3% |
| 1980 | 2,370 ha | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 2,350 ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 2,330 ha | -0.9% |
| 1983 | 2,260 ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 2,330 ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 2,380 ha | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 2,200 ha | -7.6% |
| 1987 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1988 | 2,510 ha | +9.1% |
| 1989 | 2,720 ha | +8.4% |
| 1990 | 2,950 ha | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 2,850 ha | -3.4% |
| 1992 | 2,870 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 3,020 ha | +5.2% |
| 1994 | 3,280 ha | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 3,310 ha | +0.9% |
| 1996 | 3,330 ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 3,370 ha | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 2,884 ha | -14.4% |
| 1999 | 3,319 ha | +15.1% |
| 2000 | 3,100 ha | -6.6% |
| 2001 | 3,675 ha | +18.5% |
| 2002 | 3,000 ha | -18.4% |
| 2003 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 2,332 ha | -24.8% |
| 2005 | 4,863 ha | +108.5% |
| 2006 | 6,000 ha | +23.4% |
| 2007 | 5,283 ha | -11.9% |
| 2008 | 5,578 ha | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 5,007 ha | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 5,318 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 6,350 ha | +19.4% |
| 2012 | 6,300 ha | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 6,320 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 6,250 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 5,796 ha | -7.3% |
| 2016 | 5,512 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 4,000 ha | -27.4% |
| 2018 | 6,569 ha | +64.2% |
| 2019 | 4,500 ha | -31.5% |
| 2020 | 5,070 ha | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 5,716 ha | +12.7% |
| 2022 | 3,109 ha | -45.6% |
| 2023 | 2,353 ha | -24.3% |
| 2024 | 3,028 ha | +28.7% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 3,028 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 294 ha, 10.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Apricots — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +108.5% | 2,332 ha | 4,863 ha |
| 2018 | +64.2% | 4,000 ha | 6,569 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,798 ha | 3,532 ha | 4,059 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,938 ha | 2,360 ha | 3,440 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,375 ha | 2,200 ha | 2,720 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,118 ha | 2,850 ha | 3,370 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,194 ha | 2,332 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,692 ha | 4,000 ha | 6,569 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,855 ha | 2,353 ha | 5,716 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 31 Lebanon 3,400 ha compare
- 32 Australia and New Zealand 3,294 ha compare
- 33 Bulgaria 3,220 ha compare
- 35 South Africa 2,952 ha compare
- 36 China, Taiwan Province of 2,790 ha compare
- 37 Turkmenistan 2,706 ha compare
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 apricots — area harvested in Australia?
- Apricots — area harvested in Australia was 3,028 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,569 ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest apricots — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,200 ha in 1986.
- How does Australia rank for apricots — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 34th out of 80 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.6%. 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 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.