Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested was 42,488 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Australia stood at 42,488 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 73.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Australia peaked at 42,488 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 19,323 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 34th out of 167 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,035 ha | 19,323 ha | 23,754 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,242 ha | 22,670 ha | 23,793 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 26,952 ha | 23,850 ha | 29,760 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 32,950 ha | 30,189 ha | 35,035 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,833 ha | 25,096 ha | 33,638 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,657 ha | 21,040 ha | 28,304 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,265 ha | 27,932 ha | 42,488 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Australia?
- Citrus fruit, total — area harvested in Australia was 42,488 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?
- The highest recorded value was 42,488 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,323 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for citrus fruit, total — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 34th out of 167 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.8%. 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 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.