Fruit Primary — Yield in Australia
Australia: Fruit Primary — Yield was 13,973 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Fruit Primary — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fruit primary — yield in Australia stood at 13,973 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fruit primary — yield in Australia peaked at 16,512 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 11,194 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 58th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Fruit Primary — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,194 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,331 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1963 | 11,285 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1964 | 12,654 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1965 | 12,952 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 12,229 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1967 | 13,321 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 13,026 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1969 | 12,648 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1970 | 14,255 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1971 | 13,517 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1972 | 14,553 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1973 | 13,861 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 12,622 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 14,240 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1976 | 13,971 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 14,004 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 13,518 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1979 | 14,646 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1980 | 15,652 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1981 | 15,348 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1982 | 15,580 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 14,957 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1984 | 15,189 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1985 | 16,222 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 16,308 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1987 | 16,512 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 16,227 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1989 | 15,907 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 15,766 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1991 | 15,181 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 16,482 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1993 | 15,943 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 15,859 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 14,430 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1996 | 15,491 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 14,832 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1998 | 14,959 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 14,159 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2000 | 13,393 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 14,344 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 14,205 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 13,051 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2004 | 14,254 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 15,035 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2006 | 12,588 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2007 | 11,573 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2008 | 12,525 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2009 | 12,680 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 12,668 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 12,177 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2012 | 12,957 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 13,725 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 13,356 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 13,598 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2016 | 14,295 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 14,856 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 13,885 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2019 | 13,684 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 13,310 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2021 | 13,219 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 13,494 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 13,994 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2024 | 13,973 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 13,973 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,164 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Australia's 13,973 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 9,443 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,405 kg/ha | 11,194 kg/ha | 13,321 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,919 kg/ha | 12,622 kg/ha | 14,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,790 kg/ha | 14,957 kg/ha | 16,512 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 15,310 kg/ha | 14,159 kg/ha | 16,482 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,365 kg/ha | 11,573 kg/ha | 15,035 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 13,520 kg/ha | 12,177 kg/ha | 14,856 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,598 kg/ha | 13,219 kg/ha | 13,994 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 fruit primary — yield in Australia?
- Fruit primary — yield in Australia was 13,973 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fruit primary — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 16,512 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest fruit primary — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,194 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for fruit primary — yield?
- Australia ranks 58th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fruit primary — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia 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.