Currants — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Currants — Area harvested was 748 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Currants — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, currants — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 748 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 47.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, currants — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1,924 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 258 ha, in 1967.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 13th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Currants — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 390 ha | — |
| 1962 | 407 ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 422 ha | +3.7% |
| 1964 | 387 ha | -8.3% |
| 1965 | 350 ha | -9.6% |
| 1966 | 319 ha | -8.9% |
| 1967 | 258 ha | -19.1% |
| 1968 | 281 ha | +8.9% |
| 1969 | 279 ha | -0.7% |
| 1970 | 288 ha | +3.2% |
| 1971 | 300 ha | +4.2% |
| 1972 | 313 ha | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 306 ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 377 ha | +23.2% |
| 1975 | 378 ha | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 384 ha | +1.6% |
| 1977 | 397 ha | +3.4% |
| 1978 | 516 ha | +30.0% |
| 1979 | 996 ha | +93.0% |
| 1980 | 1,622 ha | +62.9% |
| 1981 | 1,692 ha | +4.3% |
| 1982 | 1,924 ha | +13.7% |
| 1983 | 1,527 ha | -20.6% |
| 1984 | 1,568 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 1,154 ha | -26.4% |
| 1986 | 849 ha | -26.4% |
| 1987 | 806 ha | -5.1% |
| 1988 | 767 ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 724 ha | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 791 ha | +9.3% |
| 1991 | 841 ha | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 870 ha | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 895 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 840 ha | -6.1% |
| 1995 | 851 ha | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 777 ha | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 653 ha | -16.0% |
| 1998 | 760 ha | +16.4% |
| 1999 | 774 ha | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 1,022 ha | +32.0% |
| 2001 | 1,266 ha | +23.9% |
| 2002 | 1,528 ha | +20.7% |
| 2003 | 1,380 ha | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 1,721 ha | +24.7% |
| 2005 | 1,610 ha | -6.4% |
| 2006 | 1,713 ha | +6.4% |
| 2007 | 1,397 ha | -18.4% |
| 2008 | 1,510 ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 1,356 ha | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 1,425 ha | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 1,324 ha | -7.1% |
| 2012 | 1,509 ha | +14.0% |
| 2013 | 1,456 ha | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 1,415 ha | -2.8% |
| 2015 | 1,335 ha | -5.7% |
| 2016 | 1,321 ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 1,284 ha | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 1,076 ha | -16.2% |
| 2019 | 919 ha | -14.6% |
| 2020 | 707 ha | -23.1% |
| 2021 | 698 ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 751 ha | +7.6% |
| 2023 | 749 ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 748 ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 343.67 ha | 258 ha | 422 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 425.5 ha | 288 ha | 996 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,263 ha | 724 ha | 1,924 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 805.2 ha | 653 ha | 895 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,450 ha | 1,022 ha | 1,721 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,306 ha | 919 ha | 1,509 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 730.6 ha | 698 ha | 751 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is currants — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Currants — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 748 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest currants — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,924 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest currants — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 258 ha in 1967.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for currants — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 13th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is currants — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Currants — Area harvested. 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.