Currants — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Currants — Area harvested was 116 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Currants — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, currants — area harvested in Australia stood at 116 ha.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 23.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, currants — area harvested in Australia peaked at 396 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 68 ha, in 2011.
Australia ranks 27th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Currants — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 365 ha | — |
| 1962 | 383 ha | +4.9% |
| 1963 | 396 ha | +3.4% |
| 1964 | 355 ha | -10.4% |
| 1965 | 310 ha | -12.7% |
| 1966 | 281 ha | -9.4% |
| 1967 | 222 ha | -21.0% |
| 1968 | 239 ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 234 ha | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 238 ha | +1.7% |
| 1971 | 238 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 232 ha | -2.5% |
| 1973 | 216 ha | -6.9% |
| 1974 | 228 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 210 ha | -7.9% |
| 1976 | 207 ha | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 209 ha | +1.0% |
| 1978 | 203 ha | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 245 ha | +20.7% |
| 1980 | 252 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 238 ha | -5.6% |
| 1982 | 246 ha | +3.4% |
| 1983 | 225 ha | -8.5% |
| 1984 | 162 ha | -28.0% |
| 1985 | 154 ha | -4.9% |
| 1986 | 145 ha | -5.8% |
| 1987 | 130 ha | -10.3% |
| 1988 | 107 ha | -17.7% |
| 1989 | 101 ha | -5.6% |
| 1990 | 88 ha | -12.9% |
| 1991 | 91 ha | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 92 ha | +1.1% |
| 1993 | 100 ha | +8.7% |
| 1994 | 120 ha | +20.0% |
| 1995 | 137 ha | +14.2% |
| 1996 | 163 ha | +19.0% |
| 1997 | 153 ha | -6.1% |
| 1998 | 160 ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 174 ha | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 188 ha | +8.0% |
| 2001 | 195 ha | +3.7% |
| 2002 | 220 ha | +12.8% |
| 2003 | 328 ha | +49.1% |
| 2004 | 321 ha | -2.1% |
| 2005 | 299 ha | -6.9% |
| 2006 | 313 ha | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 242 ha | -22.7% |
| 2008 | 240 ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 88 ha | -63.3% |
| 2010 | 106 ha | +20.5% |
| 2011 | 68 ha | -35.8% |
| 2012 | 101 ha | +48.5% |
| 2013 | 142 ha | +40.6% |
| 2014 | 151 ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 92 ha | -39.1% |
| 2016 | 128 ha | +39.1% |
| 2017 | 126 ha | -1.6% |
| 2018 | 115 ha | -8.7% |
| 2019 | 123 ha | +7.0% |
| 2020 | 121 ha | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 112 ha | -7.4% |
| 2022 | 119 ha | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 117 ha | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 116 ha | -0.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 116 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 185 ha, 63% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 309.44 ha | 222 ha | 396 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 222.6 ha | 203 ha | 245 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 176 ha | 101 ha | 252 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 127.8 ha | 88 ha | 174 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 243.4 ha | 88 ha | 328 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 115.2 ha | 68 ha | 151 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 117 ha | 112 ha | 121 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
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 currants — area harvested in Australia?
- Currants — area harvested in Australia was 116 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest currants — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 396 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest currants — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 68 ha in 2011.
- How does Australia rank for currants — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 27th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is currants — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 23.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.