Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Australia
Australia: Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield was 20,822 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for citrus fruit, total — yield in Australia is 20,822 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, citrus fruit, total — yield in Australia peaked at 23,216 kg/ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 11,015 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places Australia 25th out of 137 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 — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,133 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,134 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 12,344 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1964 | 11,141 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1965 | 13,214 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 1966 | 11,015 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 1967 | 12,790 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1968 | 11,960 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1969 | 13,295 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1970 | 12,321 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1971 | 16,266 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1972 | 15,277 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1973 | 17,996 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1974 | 16,746 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1975 | 18,427 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 19,571 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 18,020 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1978 | 19,329 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1979 | 20,530 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1980 | 20,469 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1981 | 21,456 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1982 | 18,579 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1983 | 19,062 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 18,399 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1985 | 19,940 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1986 | 22,144 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 21,329 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1988 | 20,314 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 16,798 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 1990 | 19,705 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1991 | 18,002 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1992 | 18,440 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 21,724 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1994 | 19,968 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1995 | 18,614 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1996 | 16,425 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1997 | 18,851 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1998 | 18,534 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1999 | 17,409 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2000 | 19,088 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2001 | 22,626 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2002 | 21,001 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2003 | 23,216 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 2004 | 18,719 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 2005 | 22,041 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2006 | 20,270 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2007 | 20,107 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 19,319 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 19,130 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 19,880 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 20,435 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 19,789 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 19,904 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 20,134 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 20,277 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 20,494 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 20,622 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 20,619 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 20,738 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 20,654 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 20,712 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 20,678 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 20,749 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 20,822 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 20,822 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,826 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (30 countries reporting)
- Australia's 20,822 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 11,632 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,003 kg/ha | 11,015 kg/ha | 13,295 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,448 kg/ha | 12,321 kg/ha | 20,530 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,849 kg/ha | 16,798 kg/ha | 22,144 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,767 kg/ha | 16,425 kg/ha | 21,724 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,552 kg/ha | 18,719 kg/ha | 23,216 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,289 kg/ha | 19,789 kg/ha | 20,738 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,723 kg/ha | 20,654 kg/ha | 20,822 kg/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 — yield in Australia?
- Citrus fruit, total — yield in Australia was 20,822 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 23,216 kg/ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest citrus fruit, total — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,015 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does Australia rank for citrus fruit, total — yield?
- Australia ranks 25th out of 137 countries with data for 2024.
- Is citrus fruit, total — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.