Oranges — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Oranges — Area harvested was 28,570 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oranges — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 28,570 ha for oranges — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.8% on the previous year and up 59.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oranges — area harvested in Australia peaked at 28,570 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 14,841 ha, in 2011.
That places Australia 19th 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,996 ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,996 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 16,503 ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 16,983 ha | +2.9% |
| 1965 | 17,439 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 17,828 ha | +2.2% |
| 1967 | 17,828 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 18,371 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 19,464 ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 19,379 ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 19,300 ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 19,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1973 | 18,700 ha | -1.6% |
| 1974 | 18,200 ha | -2.7% |
| 1975 | 17,800 ha | -2.2% |
| 1976 | 17,700 ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 18,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 18,300 ha | +1.7% |
| 1979 | 18,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 19,400 ha | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 20,600 ha | +6.2% |
| 1982 | 21,200 ha | +2.9% |
| 1983 | 21,800 ha | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 22,400 ha | +2.8% |
| 1985 | 23,300 ha | +4.0% |
| 1986 | 22,700 ha | -2.6% |
| 1987 | 24,100 ha | +6.2% |
| 1988 | 24,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 24,900 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 25,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 25,700 ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 26,400 ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 27,300 ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 28,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 26,900 ha | -4.6% |
| 1996 | 27,000 ha | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 27,400 ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 27,000 ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 26,200 ha | -3.0% |
| 2000 | 27,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 24,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 21,668 ha | -9.7% |
| 2003 | 25,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 2004 | 21,700 ha | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 22,000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2006 | 25,000 ha | +13.6% |
| 2007 | 23,877 ha | -4.5% |
| 2008 | 22,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2009 | 19,000 ha | -13.6% |
| 2010 | 20,203 ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 14,841 ha | -26.5% |
| 2012 | 20,010 ha | +34.8% |
| 2013 | 20,593 ha | +2.9% |
| 2014 | 17,868 ha | -13.2% |
| 2015 | 17,251 ha | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 20,270 ha | +17.5% |
| 2017 | 16,883 ha | -16.7% |
| 2018 | 19,225 ha | +13.9% |
| 2019 | 17,413 ha | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 19,420 ha | +11.5% |
| 2021 | 24,054 ha | +23.9% |
| 2022 | 25,776 ha | +7.2% |
| 2023 | 27,268 ha | +5.8% |
| 2024 | 28,570 ha | +4.8% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 28,570 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 51 ha, 560.2× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Australia's 28,570 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,762 ha, 16.2× the median. (13 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Oranges — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +34.8% | 14,841 ha | 20,010 ha |
| 2011 | -26.5% | 20,203 ha | 14,841 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,379 ha | 15,996 ha | 19,464 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 18,488 ha | 17,700 ha | 19,379 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 22,450 ha | 19,400 ha | 24,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,730 ha | 25,200 ha | 28,200 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,124 ha | 19,000 ha | 27,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,456 ha | 14,841 ha | 20,593 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,018 ha | 19,420 ha | 28,570 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 oranges — area harvested in Australia?
- Oranges — area harvested in Australia was 28,570 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oranges — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 28,570 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest oranges — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,841 ha in 2011.
- How does Australia rank for oranges — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 19th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oranges — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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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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.