Apricots — Yield in Australia
Australia: Apricots — Yield was 1,011 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Apricots — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, apricots — yield in Australia stood at 1,011 kg/ha. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.6% on the previous year and down 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, apricots — yield in Australia peaked at 15,349 kg/ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 1,011 kg/ha, in 2024.
That places Australia 69th out of 70 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Apricots — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,725 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,725 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,402 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1964 | 8,634 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1965 | 11,307 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1966 | 10,205 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1967 | 13,677 kg/ha | +34.0% |
| 1968 | 9,210 kg/ha | -32.7% |
| 1969 | 12,354 kg/ha | +34.1% |
| 1970 | 11,519 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 15,349 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1972 | 13,578 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1973 | 13,158 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 12,125 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 9,954 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1976 | 9,963 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 11,050 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1978 | 10,391 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1979 | 13,156 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1980 | 11,119 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1981 | 13,030 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1982 | 11,617 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1983 | 11,880 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 10,129 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1985 | 10,288 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1986 | 12,727 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1987 | 11,530 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1988 | 11,297 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 10,274 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1990 | 10,063 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1991 | 8,853 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 1992 | 11,063 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1993 | 9,756 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1994 | 6,463 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 1995 | 8,989 kg/ha | +39.1% |
| 1996 | 6,498 kg/ha | -27.7% |
| 1997 | 7,691 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1998 | 6,894 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1999 | 6,473 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 6,411 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 5,616 kg/ha | -12.4% |
| 2002 | 4,118 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 2003 | 6,368 kg/ha | +54.6% |
| 2004 | 4,570 kg/ha | -28.2% |
| 2005 | 4,050 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2006 | 2,820 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 2007 | 3,280 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2008 | 3,048 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2009 | 2,731 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2010 | 2,478 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 2,092 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2012 | 1,934 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2013 | 1,828 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2014 | 1,478 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2015 | 1,688 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2016 | 1,578 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2017 | 1,338 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2018 | 1,340 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,862 kg/ha | +39.0% |
| 2020 | 1,241 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 2021 | 1,073 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2022 | 1,109 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 1,060 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2024 | 1,011 kg/ha | -4.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,011 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,416 kg/ha, 19% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,804 kg/ha | 8,634 kg/ha | 13,677 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,024 kg/ha | 9,954 kg/ha | 15,349 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,389 kg/ha | 10,129 kg/ha | 13,030 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,274 kg/ha | 6,463 kg/ha | 11,063 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,301 kg/ha | 2,731 kg/ha | 6,411 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,761 kg/ha | 1,338 kg/ha | 2,478 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,099 kg/ha | 1,011 kg/ha | 1,241 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 66 Australia and New Zealand 1,502 kg/ha compare
- 67 Czechoslovakia 1,406 kg/ha compare
- 68 Czechia 1,169 kg/ha compare
- 70 Georgia 993.2 kg/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 — yield in Australia?
- Apricots — yield in Australia was 1,011 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest apricots — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 15,349 kg/ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest apricots — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,011 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Australia rank for apricots — yield?
- Australia ranks 69th out of 70 countries with data for 2024.
- Is apricots — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Apricots — 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.