Hop cones — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Hop cones — Area harvested was 265 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Hop cones — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 265 ha for hop cones — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hop cones — area harvested in Australia peaked at 1,388 ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 192 ha, in 2014.
Australia ranks 22nd of 45 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.
Hop cones — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 770 ha | — |
| 1962 | 804 ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 836 ha | +4.0% |
| 1964 | 880 ha | +5.3% |
| 1965 | 809 ha | -8.1% |
| 1966 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 935 ha | +15.6% |
| 1971 | 809 ha | -13.5% |
| 1972 | 948 ha | +17.2% |
| 1973 | 1,069 ha | +12.8% |
| 1974 | 1,211 ha | +13.3% |
| 1975 | 1,140 ha | -5.9% |
| 1976 | 985 ha | -13.6% |
| 1977 | 1,011 ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 996 ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 1,003 ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 1,070 ha | +6.7% |
| 1981 | 1,165 ha | +8.9% |
| 1982 | 1,300 ha | +11.6% |
| 1983 | 1,388 ha | +6.8% |
| 1984 | 1,352 ha | -2.6% |
| 1985 | 1,289 ha | -4.7% |
| 1986 | 1,306 ha | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 1,190 ha | -8.9% |
| 1988 | 1,203 ha | +1.1% |
| 1989 | 1,179 ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 1,113 ha | -5.6% |
| 1991 | 1,054 ha | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 1,163 ha | +10.3% |
| 1993 | 1,197 ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 1,007 ha | -15.9% |
| 1995 | 1,095 ha | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 1,000 ha | -8.7% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 920 ha | -8.0% |
| 1999 | 800 ha | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 738 ha | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 700 ha | -5.1% |
| 2002 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 466 ha | -33.4% |
| 2004 | 369 ha | -20.8% |
| 2005 | 505 ha | +36.9% |
| 2006 | 372 ha | -26.3% |
| 2007 | 377 ha | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 380 ha | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 384 ha | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 394 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 414 ha | +5.1% |
| 2012 | 416 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 299 ha | -28.1% |
| 2014 | 192 ha | -35.8% |
| 2015 | 292 ha | +52.1% |
| 2016 | 261 ha | -10.6% |
| 2017 | 249 ha | -4.6% |
| 2018 | 267 ha | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 268 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 261 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 266 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 265 ha | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 264 ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 265 ha | +0.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 265 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 55 ha, 4.8× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Hop cones — Area harvested in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | +52.1% | 192 ha | 292 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 815 ha | 770 ha | 880 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,011 ha | 809 ha | 1,211 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,244 ha | 1,070 ha | 1,388 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,035 ha | 800 ha | 1,197 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 499.1 ha | 369 ha | 738 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 305.2 ha | 192 ha | 416 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 264.2 ha | 261 ha | 266 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 hop cones — area harvested in Australia?
- Hop cones — area harvested in Australia was 265 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest hop cones — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,388 ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest hop cones — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 192 ha in 2014.
- How does Australia rank for hop cones — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 22nd out of 45 countries with data for 2024.
- Is hop cones — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.0%. 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 Hop cones — 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.