Avocados — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Avocados — Area harvested was 25,293 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Avocados — Area harvested in Australia, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 25,293 ha for avocados — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 40 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 32.2% on the previous year and up 181.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, avocados — area harvested in Australia peaked at 25,293 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,700 ha, in 1985.
That places Australia 12th out of 91 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Avocados — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 2,700 ha | — |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,100 ha | +3.3% |
| 1989 | 3,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 2,900 ha | -6.5% |
| 1991 | 3,000 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 3,200 ha | +6.7% |
| 1993 | 3,196 ha | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 3,500 ha | +9.5% |
| 1995 | 3,900 ha | +11.4% |
| 1996 | 4,100 ha | +5.1% |
| 1997 | 5,000 ha | +22.0% |
| 1998 | 4,884 ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 6,000 ha | +22.9% |
| 2000 | 5,596 ha | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 6,500 ha | +16.2% |
| 2002 | 6,000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2003 | 8,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2004 | 8,798 ha | +10.0% |
| 2005 | 7,000 ha | -20.4% |
| 2006 | 7,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 9,800 ha | +36.1% |
| 2008 | 9,642 ha | -1.6% |
| 2009 | 8,555 ha | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 10,003 ha | +16.9% |
| 2011 | 9,500 ha | -5.0% |
| 2012 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 9,000 ha | -18.2% |
| 2015 | 10,412 ha | +15.7% |
| 2016 | 14,427 ha | +38.6% |
| 2017 | 12,086 ha | -16.2% |
| 2018 | 13,473 ha | +11.5% |
| 2019 | 16,218 ha | +20.4% |
| 2020 | 15,190 ha | -6.3% |
| 2021 | 14,639 ha | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 22,012 ha | +50.4% |
| 2023 | 19,137 ha | -13.1% |
| 2024 | 25,293 ha | +32.2% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 25,293 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 4,337 ha, 5.8× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2,980 ha | 2,700 ha | 3,100 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 3,968 ha | 2,900 ha | 6,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,709 ha | 5,596 ha | 9,800 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 11,612 ha | 9,000 ha | 16,218 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,254 ha | 14,639 ha | 25,293 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,305 ha compare
- 9 Caribbean 91,541 ha compare
- 9 Australia and New Zealand 29,630 ha compare
- 10 Ethiopia 29,595 ha compare
- 10 Melanesia 724 ha compare
- 11 Brazil 25,310 ha compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 344 ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 146 ha compare
- 13 South Africa 24,294 ha compare
- 14 Malawi 23,247 ha compare
- 15 Spain 21,290 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 avocados — area harvested in Australia?
- Avocados — area harvested in Australia was 25,293 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest avocados — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 25,293 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest avocados — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,700 ha in 1985.
- How does Australia rank for avocados — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 12th out of 91 countries with data for 2024.
- Is avocados — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 181.0%. 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 Avocados — 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.