Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested was 13,723 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Australia stood at 13,723 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and up 44.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Australia peaked at 13,723 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 2,469 ha, in 1973.
Australia ranks 13th of 97 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,592 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,695 ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 2,683 ha | -0.4% |
| 1964 | 2,809 ha | +4.7% |
| 1965 | 2,635 ha | -6.2% |
| 1966 | 2,575 ha | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 2,521 ha | -2.1% |
| 1968 | 2,563 ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 2,788 ha | +8.8% |
| 1970 | 2,651 ha | -4.9% |
| 1971 | 2,682 ha | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 2,564 ha | -4.4% |
| 1973 | 2,469 ha | -3.7% |
| 1974 | 2,495 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 2,591 ha | +3.8% |
| 1976 | 2,568 ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 2,644 ha | +3.0% |
| 1978 | 3,119 ha | +18.0% |
| 1979 | 3,253 ha | +4.3% |
| 1980 | 2,780 ha | -14.5% |
| 1981 | 3,122 ha | +12.3% |
| 1982 | 4,488 ha | +43.8% |
| 1983 | 4,976 ha | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 5,508 ha | +10.7% |
| 1985 | 6,294 ha | +14.3% |
| 1986 | 7,121 ha | +13.1% |
| 1987 | 7,320 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 7,553 ha | +3.2% |
| 1989 | 7,948 ha | +5.2% |
| 1990 | 7,992 ha | +0.6% |
| 1991 | 8,070 ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 9,235 ha | +14.4% |
| 1993 | 9,000 ha | -2.5% |
| 1994 | 8,951 ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 9,414 ha | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 10,947 ha | +16.3% |
| 1997 | 10,958 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 11,339 ha | +3.5% |
| 1999 | 10,555 ha | -6.9% |
| 2000 | 10,585 ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 11,314 ha | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 11,926 ha | +5.4% |
| 2003 | 11,163 ha | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 10,482 ha | -6.1% |
| 2005 | 10,832 ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 9,442 ha | -12.8% |
| 2007 | 10,715 ha | +13.5% |
| 2008 | 10,699 ha | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 10,208 ha | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 10,498 ha | +2.8% |
| 2011 | 10,208 ha | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 10,139 ha | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 9,917 ha | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 9,495 ha | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 9,688 ha | +2.0% |
| 2016 | 9,661 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 11,590 ha | +20.0% |
| 2018 | 10,064 ha | -13.2% |
| 2019 | 8,998 ha | -10.6% |
| 2020 | 9,243 ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 12,957 ha | +40.2% |
| 2022 | 12,165 ha | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 13,114 ha | +7.8% |
| 2024 | 13,723 ha | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,651 ha | 2,521 ha | 2,809 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,704 ha | 2,469 ha | 3,253 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,711 ha | 2,780 ha | 7,948 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,646 ha | 7,992 ha | 11,339 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,737 ha | 9,442 ha | 11,926 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,026 ha | 8,998 ha | 11,590 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,240 ha | 9,243 ha | 13,723 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Australia?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested in Australia was 13,723 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 13,723 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,469 ha in 1973.
- How does Australia rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 13th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.5%. 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 Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.