Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested was 4,826 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 4,826 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.9% on the previous year and down 17.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 38,584 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 4,428 ha, in 2018.
That places Australia and New Zealand 62nd out of 112 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,313 ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,764 ha | -20.5% |
| 1963 | 14,547 ha | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 18,194 ha | +25.1% |
| 1965 | 18,597 ha | +2.2% |
| 1966 | 23,353 ha | +25.6% |
| 1967 | 28,147 ha | +20.5% |
| 1968 | 25,090 ha | -10.9% |
| 1969 | 31,823 ha | +26.8% |
| 1970 | 33,598 ha | +5.6% |
| 1971 | 38,584 ha | +14.8% |
| 1972 | 33,752 ha | -12.5% |
| 1973 | 29,136 ha | -13.7% |
| 1974 | 25,932 ha | -11.0% |
| 1975 | 24,131 ha | -6.9% |
| 1976 | 27,300 ha | +13.1% |
| 1977 | 31,011 ha | +13.6% |
| 1978 | 30,263 ha | -2.4% |
| 1979 | 36,912 ha | +22.0% |
| 1980 | 31,659 ha | -14.2% |
| 1981 | 27,105 ha | -14.4% |
| 1982 | 33,371 ha | +23.1% |
| 1983 | 35,878 ha | +7.5% |
| 1984 | 32,228 ha | -10.2% |
| 1985 | 29,966 ha | -7.0% |
| 1986 | 29,210 ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 34,313 ha | +17.5% |
| 1988 | 32,023 ha | -6.7% |
| 1989 | 22,423 ha | -30.0% |
| 1990 | 18,350 ha | -18.2% |
| 1991 | 18,235 ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 23,000 ha | +26.1% |
| 1993 | 21,826 ha | -5.1% |
| 1994 | 13,113 ha | -39.9% |
| 1995 | 20,578 ha | +56.9% |
| 1996 | 22,100 ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 22,400 ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 21,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 20,200 ha | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 17,400 ha | -13.9% |
| 2001 | 17,390 ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 14,705 ha | -15.4% |
| 2003 | 10,254 ha | -30.3% |
| 2004 | 13,801 ha | +34.6% |
| 2005 | 14,005 ha | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 11,896 ha | -15.1% |
| 2007 | 12,197 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 11,000 ha | -9.8% |
| 2009 | 9,954 ha | -9.5% |
| 2010 | 11,800 ha | +18.5% |
| 2011 | 7,282 ha | -38.3% |
| 2012 | 7,354 ha | +1.0% |
| 2013 | 7,602 ha | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 5,836 ha | -23.2% |
| 2015 | 4,823 ha | -17.4% |
| 2016 | 4,837 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 5,495 ha | +13.6% |
| 2018 | 4,428 ha | -19.4% |
| 2019 | 4,908 ha | +10.8% |
| 2020 | 4,575 ha | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 6,359 ha | +39.0% |
| 2022 | 6,666 ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 5,240 ha | -21.4% |
| 2024 | 4,826 ha | -7.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,203 ha | 13,764 ha | 31,823 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 31,062 ha | 24,131 ha | 38,584 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,818 ha | 22,423 ha | 35,878 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,080 ha | 13,113 ha | 23,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,260 ha | 9,954 ha | 17,400 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,436 ha | 4,428 ha | 11,800 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,533 ha | 4,575 ha | 6,666 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 4,826 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 38,584 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,428 ha in 2018.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 62nd out of 112 countries with data for 2024.
- Is groundnuts, excluding shelled — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.3%. 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 Groundnuts, excluding shelled — Area harvested. 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.