Oranges — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Oranges — Area harvested was 29,181 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oranges — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand is 29,181 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.6% on the previous year and up 57.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 29,181 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 15,481 ha, in 2011.
That places Australia and New Zealand 18th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oranges — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,156 ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,188 ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 16,713 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 17,218 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 17,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 18,088 ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 18,119 ha | +0.2% |
| 1968 | 18,641 ha | +2.9% |
| 1969 | 19,812 ha | +6.3% |
| 1970 | 19,751 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 19,703 ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 19,405 ha | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 19,070 ha | -1.7% |
| 1974 | 18,605 ha | -2.4% |
| 1975 | 18,155 ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 18,181 ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 18,479 ha | +1.6% |
| 1978 | 18,819 ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 19,089 ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 20,038 ha | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 21,356 ha | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 22,102 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 22,648 ha | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 23,172 ha | +2.3% |
| 1985 | 24,080 ha | +3.9% |
| 1986 | 23,509 ha | -2.4% |
| 1987 | 24,927 ha | +6.0% |
| 1988 | 24,893 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 25,670 ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 26,033 ha | +1.4% |
| 1991 | 26,550 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 27,226 ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 28,060 ha | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 28,989 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 27,657 ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 27,607 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 28,110 ha | +1.8% |
| 1998 | 27,700 ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 26,960 ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 27,597 ha | +2.4% |
| 2001 | 24,597 ha | -10.9% |
| 2002 | 22,243 ha | -9.6% |
| 2003 | 25,627 ha | +15.2% |
| 2004 | 22,275 ha | -13.1% |
| 2005 | 22,541 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 25,550 ha | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 24,558 ha | -3.9% |
| 2008 | 22,720 ha | -7.5% |
| 2009 | 19,686 ha | -13.4% |
| 2010 | 20,859 ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 15,481 ha | -25.8% |
| 2012 | 20,706 ha | +33.8% |
| 2013 | 21,260 ha | +2.7% |
| 2014 | 18,544 ha | -12.8% |
| 2015 | 17,887 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 20,901 ha | +16.9% |
| 2017 | 17,467 ha | -16.4% |
| 2018 | 19,842 ha | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 18,050 ha | -9.0% |
| 2020 | 20,071 ha | +11.2% |
| 2021 | 24,705 ha | +23.1% |
| 2022 | 26,400 ha | +6.9% |
| 2023 | 27,892 ha | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 29,181 ha | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,626 ha | 16,156 ha | 19,812 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,926 ha | 18,155 ha | 19,751 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,240 ha | 20,038 ha | 25,670 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 27,489 ha | 26,033 ha | 28,989 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,739 ha | 19,686 ha | 27,597 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 19,100 ha | 15,481 ha | 21,260 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,650 ha | 20,071 ha | 29,181 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oranges — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Oranges — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 29,181 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 29,181 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,481 ha in 2011.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 18th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 57.4%. 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 Oranges — 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.