Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 45,037 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand is 45,037 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and up 65.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 45,037 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19,823 ha, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 25th of 156 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,823 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,869 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 20,494 ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 21,103 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 21,673 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 22,198 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 22,430 ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 23,060 ha | +2.8% |
| 1969 | 24,759 ha | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 24,901 ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 25,059 ha | +0.6% |
| 1972 | 24,985 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 25,128 ha | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 24,834 ha | -1.2% |
| 1975 | 24,368 ha | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 24,517 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 24,541 ha | +0.1% |
| 1978 | 24,825 ha | +1.2% |
| 1979 | 25,096 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 25,853 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 27,556 ha | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 28,502 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 29,206 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 29,705 ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 30,852 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 29,772 ha | -3.5% |
| 1987 | 31,344 ha | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 31,326 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 31,964 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 33,083 ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 33,889 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 34,208 ha | +0.9% |
| 1993 | 36,372 ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 37,614 ha | +3.4% |
| 1995 | 36,195 ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 36,686 ha | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 36,765 ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 35,534 ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 35,286 ha | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 36,419 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 32,881 ha | -9.7% |
| 2002 | 30,542 ha | -7.1% |
| 2003 | 35,043 ha | +14.7% |
| 2004 | 31,621 ha | -9.8% |
| 2005 | 31,260 ha | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 34,475 ha | +10.3% |
| 2007 | 33,572 ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 31,407 ha | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 27,768 ha | -11.6% |
| 2010 | 29,154 ha | +5.0% |
| 2011 | 23,741 ha | -18.6% |
| 2012 | 28,757 ha | +21.1% |
| 2013 | 29,467 ha | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 27,214 ha | -7.6% |
| 2015 | 26,940 ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 33,113 ha | +22.9% |
| 2017 | 27,702 ha | -16.3% |
| 2018 | 31,901 ha | +15.2% |
| 2019 | 28,941 ha | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 30,564 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 37,052 ha | +21.2% |
| 2022 | 39,737 ha | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 41,971 ha | +5.6% |
| 2024 | 45,037 ha | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,712 ha | 19,823 ha | 24,759 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 24,825 ha | 24,368 ha | 25,128 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 29,608 ha | 25,853 ha | 31,964 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,563 ha | 33,083 ha | 37,614 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,499 ha | 27,768 ha | 36,419 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 28,693 ha | 23,741 ha | 33,113 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 38,872 ha | 30,564 ha | 45,037 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 45,037 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 45,037 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,823 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 25th out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Citrus Fruit, Total — 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.