Cherries — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Cherries — Area harvested was 2,525 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cherries — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cherries — area harvested in Australia stood at 2,525 ha.
That represents a change of up 20.7% on the previous year and up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cherries — area harvested in Australia peaked at 2,923 ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 940 ha, in 1980.
That places Australia 31st out of 71 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.
Cherries — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,303 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,303 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1,402 ha | +7.6% |
| 1964 | 1,435 ha | +2.4% |
| 1965 | 1,377 ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 1,476 ha | +7.2% |
| 1967 | 1,508 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 1,454 ha | -3.6% |
| 1969 | 1,442 ha | -0.8% |
| 1970 | 1,500 ha | +4.0% |
| 1971 | 1,570 ha | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 1,690 ha | +7.6% |
| 1973 | 1,640 ha | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 1,570 ha | -4.3% |
| 1975 | 1,420 ha | -9.6% |
| 1976 | 1,360 ha | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 1,290 ha | -5.1% |
| 1978 | 1,250 ha | -3.1% |
| 1979 | 1,220 ha | -2.4% |
| 1980 | 940 ha | -23.0% |
| 1981 | 1,190 ha | +26.6% |
| 1982 | 1,180 ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 1,140 ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 1,160 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 1,190 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 1,230 ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 1,320 ha | +7.3% |
| 1988 | 1,530 ha | +15.9% |
| 1989 | 1,540 ha | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 1,720 ha | +11.7% |
| 1991 | 1,482 ha | -13.8% |
| 1992 | 1,500 ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 1,520 ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 1,535 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 1,545 ha | +0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,555 ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 1,580 ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 1,650 ha | +4.4% |
| 1999 | 1,420 ha | -13.9% |
| 2000 | 1,380 ha | -2.8% |
| 2001 | 1,330 ha | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 1,320 ha | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 1,650 ha | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 1,645 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,620 ha | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 1,600 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 1,800 ha | +12.5% |
| 2008 | 1,732 ha | -3.8% |
| 2009 | 2,400 ha | +38.6% |
| 2010 | 2,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 1,716 ha | -14.2% |
| 2012 | 1,942 ha | +13.2% |
| 2013 | 2,923 ha | +50.5% |
| 2014 | 2,028 ha | -30.6% |
| 2015 | 2,403 ha | +18.5% |
| 2016 | 2,817 ha | +17.2% |
| 2017 | 1,739 ha | -38.3% |
| 2018 | 2,370 ha | +36.3% |
| 2019 | 2,326 ha | -1.9% |
| 2020 | 2,076 ha | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 2,814 ha | +35.5% |
| 2022 | 2,441 ha | -13.3% |
| 2023 | 2,092 ha | -14.3% |
| 2024 | 2,525 ha | +20.7% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 2,525 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 850 ha, 3.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cherries — Area harvested in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +50.5% | 1,942 ha | 2,923 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,411 ha | 1,303 ha | 1,508 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,451 ha | 1,220 ha | 1,690 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,242 ha | 940 ha | 1,540 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,551 ha | 1,420 ha | 1,720 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,648 ha | 1,320 ha | 2,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,226 ha | 1,716 ha | 2,923 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,390 ha | 2,076 ha | 2,814 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 cherries — area harvested in Australia?
- Cherries — area harvested in Australia was 2,525 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cherries — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,923 ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest cherries — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 940 ha in 1980.
- How does Australia rank for cherries — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 31st out of 71 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cherries — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. 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 Cherries — 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.