Fruit Primary — Yield in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Fruit Primary — Yield was 15,841 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fruit Primary — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 15,841 kg/ha for fruit primary — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.6% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 17,355 kg/ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 11,480 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,480 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,730 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1963 | 11,687 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1964 | 13,138 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1965 | 13,343 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 12,762 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1967 | 13,712 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1968 | 13,490 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1969 | 13,070 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 14,727 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1971 | 13,870 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1972 | 14,891 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1973 | 14,231 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1974 | 13,121 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1975 | 14,566 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1976 | 14,429 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 14,232 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 13,927 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1979 | 14,776 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1980 | 15,437 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 15,182 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1982 | 15,067 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1983 | 14,281 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1984 | 14,526 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 15,490 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1986 | 16,067 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1987 | 16,381 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 16,119 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 16,183 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 16,258 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 15,798 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 17,355 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1993 | 16,643 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 16,672 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 15,777 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 16,711 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1997 | 16,298 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1998 | 16,317 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 15,511 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2000 | 14,755 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2001 | 15,253 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 15,050 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 13,648 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2004 | 15,503 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2005 | 15,661 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 13,357 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2007 | 12,580 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2008 | 13,800 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2009 | 13,653 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 13,813 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 13,510 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 13,862 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2013 | 14,744 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 15,244 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 15,134 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 15,208 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 16,123 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 15,493 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2019 | 15,708 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2020 | 15,625 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 15,050 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2022 | 15,724 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2023 | 16,439 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 15,841 kg/ha | -3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,824 kg/ha | 11,480 kg/ha | 13,712 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,277 kg/ha | 13,121 kg/ha | 14,891 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,473 kg/ha | 14,281 kg/ha | 16,381 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,334 kg/ha | 15,511 kg/ha | 17,355 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 14,326 kg/ha | 12,580 kg/ha | 15,661 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,884 kg/ha | 13,510 kg/ha | 16,123 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,736 kg/ha | 15,050 kg/ha | 16,439 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fruit primary — yield in Australia and New Zealand?
- Fruit primary — yield in Australia and New Zealand was 15,841 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 17,355 kg/ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,480 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 49th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. 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 Fruit Primary — Yield. 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.