Asparagus — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Asparagus — Area harvested was 1,448 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Asparagus — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for asparagus — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand is 1,448 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 37.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 6,050 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 1,409 ha, in 2023.
That places Australia and New Zealand 17th out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,071 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,173 ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 2,411 ha | +11.0% |
| 1964 | 2,496 ha | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 2,459 ha | -1.5% |
| 1966 | 2,525 ha | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 2,632 ha | +4.2% |
| 1968 | 2,517 ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 2,597 ha | +3.2% |
| 1970 | 2,791 ha | +7.5% |
| 1971 | 2,835 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 3,532 ha | +24.6% |
| 1973 | 2,974 ha | -15.8% |
| 1974 | 2,454 ha | -17.5% |
| 1975 | 3,127 ha | +27.4% |
| 1976 | 2,452 ha | -21.6% |
| 1977 | 1,892 ha | -22.8% |
| 1978 | 2,005 ha | +6.0% |
| 1979 | 1,914 ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 1,996 ha | +4.3% |
| 1981 | 2,538 ha | +27.2% |
| 1982 | 3,349 ha | +32.0% |
| 1983 | 3,865 ha | +15.4% |
| 1984 | 4,005 ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 4,310 ha | +7.6% |
| 1986 | 4,745 ha | +10.1% |
| 1987 | 4,991 ha | +5.2% |
| 1988 | 5,064 ha | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 5,027 ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 4,318 ha | -14.1% |
| 1991 | 6,050 ha | +40.1% |
| 1992 | 3,972 ha | -34.3% |
| 1993 | 3,948 ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 4,028 ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 4,653 ha | +15.5% |
| 1996 | 4,139 ha | -11.0% |
| 1997 | 4,177 ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 3,905 ha | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 4,043 ha | +3.5% |
| 2000 | 5,174 ha | +28.0% |
| 2001 | 4,502 ha | -13.0% |
| 2002 | 4,378 ha | -2.8% |
| 2003 | 4,221 ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 3,745 ha | -11.3% |
| 2005 | 3,675 ha | -1.9% |
| 2006 | 2,866 ha | -22.0% |
| 2007 | 2,173 ha | -24.2% |
| 2008 | 2,304 ha | +6.0% |
| 2009 | 2,255 ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 2,586 ha | +14.7% |
| 2011 | 2,668 ha | +3.2% |
| 2012 | 2,596 ha | -2.7% |
| 2013 | 2,411 ha | -7.1% |
| 2014 | 2,303 ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 2,259 ha | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 2,170 ha | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 2,274 ha | +4.8% |
| 2018 | 2,058 ha | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 2,057 ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,907 ha | -7.3% |
| 2021 | 1,818 ha | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 1,814 ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,409 ha | -22.3% |
| 2024 | 1,448 ha | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,431 ha | 2,071 ha | 2,632 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,598 ha | 1,892 ha | 3,532 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,989 ha | 1,996 ha | 5,064 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,323 ha | 3,905 ha | 6,050 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,529 ha | 2,173 ha | 5,174 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,338 ha | 2,057 ha | 2,668 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,679 ha | 1,409 ha | 1,907 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is asparagus — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 1,448 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 6,050 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,409 ha in 2023.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 17th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 37.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Asparagus — 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.