Peaches and nectarines — Yield in Australia
Australia: Peaches and nectarines — Yield was 7,075 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Peaches and nectarines — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 7,075 kg/ha for peaches and nectarines — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, peaches and nectarines — yield in Australia peaked at 13,296 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 5,091 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Australia 53rd out of 81 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Peaches and nectarines — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,215 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,215 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,095 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1964 | 9,068 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1965 | 9,492 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1966 | 10,244 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1967 | 11,088 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1968 | 11,943 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 13,142 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 11,299 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1971 | 11,654 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 12,764 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1973 | 12,393 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1974 | 13,296 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1975 | 11,142 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1976 | 13,148 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 1977 | 12,248 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1978 | 11,500 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1979 | 11,294 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1980 | 12,487 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1981 | 12,845 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 13,204 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 10,643 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1984 | 10,351 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1985 | 7,757 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1986 | 8,940 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1987 | 9,042 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 8,163 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1989 | 8,265 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1990 | 6,035 kg/ha | -27.0% |
| 1991 | 6,605 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 6,474 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 7,020 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1994 | 6,801 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1995 | 6,090 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1996 | 6,251 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 7,343 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 1998 | 6,736 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1999 | 6,231 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2000 | 5,091 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2001 | 5,989 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 5,874 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2003 | 5,772 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 5,236 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2005 | 6,675 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 2006 | 7,067 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2007 | 6,546 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2008 | 6,409 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2009 | 6,576 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2010 | 6,740 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2011 | 6,820 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 6,900 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 6,980 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 6,868 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 6,878 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 6,865 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 6,857 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 6,857 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 6,897 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 6,922 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 6,953 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 7,008 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 7,042 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 7,075 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 7,075 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,543 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,167 kg/ha | 8,215 kg/ha | 13,142 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,074 kg/ha | 11,142 kg/ha | 13,296 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,170 kg/ha | 7,757 kg/ha | 13,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,559 kg/ha | 6,035 kg/ha | 7,343 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,124 kg/ha | 5,091 kg/ha | 7,067 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,866 kg/ha | 6,740 kg/ha | 6,980 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,000 kg/ha | 6,922 kg/ha | 7,075 kg/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 peaches and nectarines — yield in Australia?
- Peaches and nectarines — yield in Australia was 7,075 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest peaches and nectarines — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 13,296 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest peaches and nectarines — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,091 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Australia rank for peaches and nectarines — yield?
- Australia ranks 53rd out of 81 countries with data for 2024.
- Is peaches and nectarines — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. 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 Peaches and nectarines — Yield. 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.