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 28th out of 156 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.
Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,323 ha | — |
| 1962 | 19,323 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 19,924 ha | +3.1% |
| 1964 | 20,483 ha | +2.8% |
| 1965 | 21,002 ha | +2.5% |
| 1966 | 21,508 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 21,661 ha | +0.7% |
| 1968 | 22,339 ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 23,754 ha | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 23,793 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 23,760 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 23,670 ha | -0.4% |
| 1973 | 23,590 ha | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 23,260 ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 22,780 ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 22,670 ha | -0.5% |
| 1977 | 22,760 ha | +0.4% |
| 1978 | 22,980 ha | +1.0% |
| 1979 | 23,160 ha | +0.8% |
| 1980 | 23,850 ha | +3.0% |
| 1981 | 25,030 ha | +4.9% |
| 1982 | 25,700 ha | +2.7% |
| 1983 | 26,380 ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 26,690 ha | +1.2% |
| 1985 | 27,760 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 27,080 ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 28,630 ha | +5.7% |
| 1988 | 28,640 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 29,760 ha | +3.9% |
| 1990 | 30,189 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 30,909 ha | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 31,670 ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 33,940 ha | +7.2% |
| 1994 | 35,035 ha | +3.2% |
| 1995 | 33,595 ha | -4.1% |
| 1996 | 34,195 ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 34,245 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 32,991 ha | -3.7% |
| 1999 | 32,736 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 33,638 ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 29,988 ha | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 27,807 ha | -7.3% |
| 2003 | 32,356 ha | +16.4% |
| 2004 | 28,874 ha | -10.8% |
| 2005 | 28,855 ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 32,051 ha | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 30,998 ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 28,667 ha | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 25,096 ha | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 26,532 ha | +5.7% |
| 2011 | 21,040 ha | -20.7% |
| 2012 | 26,097 ha | +24.0% |
| 2013 | 26,808 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 24,443 ha | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 23,912 ha | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 28,304 ha | +18.4% |
| 2017 | 25,119 ha | -11.3% |
| 2018 | 28,064 ha | +11.7% |
| 2019 | 26,250 ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 27,932 ha | +6.4% |
| 2021 | 34,401 ha | +23.2% |
| 2022 | 37,138 ha | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 39,366 ha | +6.0% |
| 2024 | 42,488 ha | +7.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 42,488 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 285.5 ha, 148.8× the median. (48 countries reporting)
- Australia's 42,488 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7,684 ha, 5.5× the median. (14 countries reporting)
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, 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 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 28th out of 156 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.