Blueberries — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Blueberries — Area harvested was 7,838 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Blueberries — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 7,838 ha for blueberries — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 31.6% on the previous year and up 292.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, blueberries — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 7,838 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 6th out of 36 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.
Blueberries — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 0 ha | — |
| 1972 | 2 ha | — |
| 1973 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 2 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 5 ha | +150.0% |
| 1977 | 8 ha | +60.0% |
| 1978 | 8 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 14 ha | +75.0% |
| 1980 | 130 ha | +828.6% |
| 1981 | 304 ha | +133.8% |
| 1982 | 450 ha | +48.0% |
| 1983 | 487 ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 516 ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 606 ha | +17.4% |
| 1986 | 566 ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 553 ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 532 ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 495 ha | -7.0% |
| 1990 | 346 ha | -30.1% |
| 1991 | 350 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 328 ha | -6.3% |
| 1993 | 340 ha | +3.7% |
| 1994 | 357 ha | +5.0% |
| 1995 | 377 ha | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 280 ha | -25.7% |
| 1997 | 200 ha | -28.6% |
| 1998 | 256 ha | +28.0% |
| 1999 | 220 ha | -14.1% |
| 2000 | 348 ha | +58.2% |
| 2001 | 774 ha | +122.4% |
| 2002 | 798 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 849 ha | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 777 ha | -8.5% |
| 2005 | 1,074 ha | +38.2% |
| 2006 | 1,066 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,377 ha | +29.2% |
| 2008 | 1,239 ha | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 1,199 ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 1,330 ha | +10.9% |
| 2011 | 1,280 ha | -3.8% |
| 2012 | 1,616 ha | +26.2% |
| 2013 | 1,787 ha | +10.6% |
| 2014 | 1,999 ha | +11.9% |
| 2015 | 2,191 ha | +9.6% |
| 2016 | 2,356 ha | +7.5% |
| 2017 | 3,079 ha | +30.7% |
| 2018 | 3,740 ha | +21.5% |
| 2019 | 4,472 ha | +19.6% |
| 2020 | 5,452 ha | +21.9% |
| 2021 | 6,783 ha | +24.4% |
| 2022 | 5,799 ha | -14.5% |
| 2023 | 5,955 ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 7,838 ha | +31.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4.3 ha | 0 ha | 14 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 463.9 ha | 130 ha | 606 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 305.4 ha | 200 ha | 377 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 950.1 ha | 348 ha | 1,377 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,385 ha | 1,280 ha | 4,472 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,365 ha | 5,452 ha | 7,838 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is blueberries — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Blueberries — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 7,838 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest blueberries — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 7,838 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest blueberries — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for blueberries — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 6th out of 36 countries with data for 2024.
- Is blueberries — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 292.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Blueberries — 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.