Citrus Fruit, Total — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Citrus Fruit, Total — Production was 908,871 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 908,871 t for citrus fruit, total — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 73.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 908,871 t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 220,043 t, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 21st 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 — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 220,043 t | — |
| 1962 | 222,270 t | +1.0% |
| 1963 | 252,926 t | +13.8% |
| 1964 | 235,084 t | -7.1% |
| 1965 | 284,822 t | +21.2% |
| 1966 | 243,294 t | -14.6% |
| 1967 | 283,456 t | +16.5% |
| 1968 | 275,490 t | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 322,915 t | +17.2% |
| 1970 | 303,712 t | -5.9% |
| 1971 | 396,851 t | +30.7% |
| 1972 | 372,902 t | -6.0% |
| 1973 | 435,748 t | +16.9% |
| 1974 | 403,563 t | -7.4% |
| 1975 | 434,226 t | +7.6% |
| 1976 | 461,371 t | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 426,833 t | -7.5% |
| 1978 | 465,176 t | +9.0% |
| 1979 | 497,644 t | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 516,827 t | +3.9% |
| 1981 | 568,558 t | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 508,031 t | -10.6% |
| 1983 | 536,850 t | +5.7% |
| 1984 | 524,970 t | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 588,024 t | +12.0% |
| 1986 | 631,148 t | +7.3% |
| 1987 | 644,157 t | +2.1% |
| 1988 | 603,923 t | -6.2% |
| 1989 | 537,431 t | -11.0% |
| 1990 | 634,402 t | +18.0% |
| 1991 | 595,752 t | -6.1% |
| 1992 | 614,670 t | +3.2% |
| 1993 | 783,730 t | +27.5% |
| 1994 | 758,163 t | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 678,277 t | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 602,255 t | -11.2% |
| 1997 | 679,793 t | +12.9% |
| 1998 | 638,505 t | -6.1% |
| 1999 | 597,813 t | -6.4% |
| 2000 | 664,953 t | +11.2% |
| 2001 | 708,315 t | +6.5% |
| 2002 | 615,181 t | -13.1% |
| 2003 | 779,116 t | +26.6% |
| 2004 | 569,529 t | -26.9% |
| 2005 | 664,421 t | +16.7% |
| 2006 | 678,932 t | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 654,586 t | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 586,404 t | -10.4% |
| 2009 | 512,015 t | -12.7% |
| 2010 | 558,777 t | +9.1% |
| 2011 | 461,279 t | -17.4% |
| 2012 | 547,809 t | +18.8% |
| 2013 | 564,775 t | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 523,822 t | -7.3% |
| 2015 | 514,008 t | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 606,759 t | +18.0% |
| 2017 | 540,722 t | -10.9% |
| 2018 | 602,414 t | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 568,201 t | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 600,925 t | +5.8% |
| 2021 | 737,119 t | +22.7% |
| 2022 | 792,536 t | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 841,440 t | +6.2% |
| 2024 | 908,871 t | +8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 260,033 t | 220,043 t | 322,915 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 419,803 t | 303,712 t | 497,644 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 565,992 t | 508,031 t | 644,157 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 658,336 t | 595,752 t | 783,730 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 643,345 t | 512,015 t | 779,116 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 548,857 t | 461,279 t | 606,759 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 776,178 t | 600,925 t | 908,871 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is citrus fruit, total — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Citrus fruit, total — production in Australia and New Zealand was 908,871 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 908,871 t in 2024.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 220,043 t in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for citrus fruit, total — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 21st out of 156 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 73.5%. 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 — Production. 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.