Asparagus — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Asparagus — Area harvested was 1,124 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Asparagus — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1,124 ha for asparagus — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 9.1% on the previous year and down 32.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — area harvested in Australia peaked at 2,997 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 950 ha, in 1981.
Australia ranks 19th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Asparagus — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,321 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,426 ha | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 1,616 ha | +13.3% |
| 1964 | 1,646 ha | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 1,609 ha | -2.2% |
| 1966 | 1,711 ha | +6.3% |
| 1967 | 1,746 ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 1,679 ha | -3.8% |
| 1969 | 1,657 ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 1,876 ha | +13.2% |
| 1971 | 1,991 ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 2,450 ha | +23.1% |
| 1973 | 2,015 ha | -17.8% |
| 1974 | 1,798 ha | -10.8% |
| 1975 | 2,289 ha | +27.3% |
| 1976 | 1,637 ha | -28.5% |
| 1977 | 1,466 ha | -10.4% |
| 1978 | 1,470 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 1,279 ha | -13.0% |
| 1980 | 1,100 ha | -14.0% |
| 1981 | 950 ha | -13.6% |
| 1982 | 1,078 ha | +13.5% |
| 1983 | 973 ha | -9.7% |
| 1984 | 1,165 ha | +19.7% |
| 1985 | 1,470 ha | +26.2% |
| 1986 | 1,650 ha | +12.2% |
| 1987 | 1,816 ha | +10.1% |
| 1988 | 1,967 ha | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 1,811 ha | -7.9% |
| 1990 | 1,424 ha | -21.4% |
| 1991 | 1,550 ha | +8.8% |
| 1992 | 1,519 ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 1,600 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 1,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 1,785 ha | +5.0% |
| 1996 | 1,877 ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 2,139 ha | +14.0% |
| 1998 | 2,005 ha | -6.3% |
| 1999 | 2,143 ha | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 2,997 ha | +39.9% |
| 2001 | 2,406 ha | -19.7% |
| 2002 | 2,363 ha | -1.8% |
| 2003 | 2,286 ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 2,245 ha | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 2,304 ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 2,056 ha | -10.8% |
| 2007 | 1,302 ha | -36.7% |
| 2008 | 1,604 ha | +23.2% |
| 2009 | 1,616 ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 1,787 ha | +10.6% |
| 2011 | 2,072 ha | +15.9% |
| 2012 | 1,776 ha | -14.3% |
| 2013 | 1,732 ha | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 1,675 ha | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 1,629 ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 1,572 ha | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 1,530 ha | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 1,489 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 1,446 ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 1,411 ha | -2.4% |
| 2021 | 1,322 ha | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 1,435 ha | +8.5% |
| 2023 | 1,030 ha | -28.2% |
| 2024 | 1,124 ha | +9.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,124 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 267 ha, 4.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1,124 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,420 ha, 79% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,601 ha | 1,321 ha | 1,746 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,827 ha | 1,279 ha | 2,450 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,398 ha | 950 ha | 1,967 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,774 ha | 1,424 ha | 2,143 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,118 ha | 1,302 ha | 2,997 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,671 ha | 1,446 ha | 2,072 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,264 ha | 1,030 ha | 1,435 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
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 asparagus — area harvested in Australia?
- Asparagus — area harvested in Australia was 1,124 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,997 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest asparagus — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 950 ha in 1981.
- How does Australia rank for asparagus — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 19th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia 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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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.