Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Carrots and turnips — Area harvested was 5,040 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for carrots and turnips — area harvested in Australia is 5,040 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carrots and turnips — area harvested in Australia peaked at 7,992 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,106 ha, in 1962.
That places Australia 47th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Carrots and turnips — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,109 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,106 ha | -0.1% |
| 1963 | 2,204 ha | +4.7% |
| 1964 | 2,263 ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 2,397 ha | +5.9% |
| 1966 | 2,560 ha | +6.8% |
| 1967 | 2,739 ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 2,820 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 2,952 ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 3,045 ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 2,951 ha | -3.1% |
| 1972 | 2,935 ha | -0.5% |
| 1973 | 3,155 ha | +7.5% |
| 1974 | 3,512 ha | +11.3% |
| 1975 | 3,335 ha | -5.0% |
| 1976 | 3,283 ha | -1.6% |
| 1977 | 3,306 ha | +0.7% |
| 1978 | 3,523 ha | +6.6% |
| 1979 | 3,642 ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 3,711 ha | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 3,869 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 3,750 ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 4,295 ha | +14.5% |
| 1984 | 4,552 ha | +6.0% |
| 1985 | 4,246 ha | -6.7% |
| 1986 | 4,646 ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 4,595 ha | -1.1% |
| 1988 | 4,754 ha | +3.5% |
| 1989 | 4,751 ha | -0.1% |
| 1990 | 4,288 ha | -9.7% |
| 1991 | 4,678 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 4,861 ha | +3.9% |
| 1993 | 4,891 ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 5,436 ha | +11.1% |
| 1995 | 6,887 ha | +26.7% |
| 1996 | 7,564 ha | +9.8% |
| 1997 | 7,046 ha | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 7,152 ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 6,514 ha | -8.9% |
| 2000 | 7,029 ha | +7.9% |
| 2001 | 7,992 ha | +13.7% |
| 2002 | 7,672 ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 7,367 ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 7,195 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 6,533 ha | -9.2% |
| 2006 | 6,314 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 5,715 ha | -9.5% |
| 2008 | 4,785 ha | -16.3% |
| 2009 | 5,174 ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 5,494 ha | +6.2% |
| 2011 | 4,636 ha | -15.6% |
| 2012 | 5,528 ha | +19.2% |
| 2013 | 4,664 ha | -15.6% |
| 2014 | 4,519 ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 4,623 ha | +2.3% |
| 2016 | 5,245 ha | +13.5% |
| 2017 | 5,785 ha | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 5,628 ha | -2.7% |
| 2019 | 5,067 ha | -10.0% |
| 2020 | 4,830 ha | -4.7% |
| 2021 | 5,806 ha | +20.2% |
| 2022 | 5,162 ha | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 5,113 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 5,040 ha | -1.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 5,040 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 910 ha, 5.5× the median. (49 countries reporting)
- Australia's 5,040 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8,952 ha, 56% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,461 ha | 2,106 ha | 2,952 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,269 ha | 2,935 ha | 3,642 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,317 ha | 3,711 ha | 4,754 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,932 ha | 4,288 ha | 7,564 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,578 ha | 4,785 ha | 7,992 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,119 ha | 4,519 ha | 5,785 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,190 ha | 4,830 ha | 5,806 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 carrots and turnips — area harvested in Australia?
- Carrots and turnips — area harvested in Australia was 5,040 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 7,992 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest carrots and turnips — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,106 ha in 1962.
- How does Australia rank for carrots and turnips — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 47th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is carrots and turnips — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carrots and turnips — 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.