Pears — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Pears — Area harvested was 5,393 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — 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 pears — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand is 5,393 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 9,512 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 4,994 ha, in 2019.
That places Australia and New Zealand 26th out of 87 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.
Pears — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,757 ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,031 ha | +3.5% |
| 1963 | 8,668 ha | +7.9% |
| 1964 | 8,789 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 8,459 ha | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 8,597 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 8,571 ha | -0.3% |
| 1968 | 8,897 ha | +3.8% |
| 1969 | 8,972 ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 9,059 ha | +1.0% |
| 1971 | 9,125 ha | +0.7% |
| 1972 | 8,584 ha | -5.9% |
| 1973 | 8,346 ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 7,708 ha | -7.6% |
| 1975 | 7,716 ha | +0.1% |
| 1976 | 6,416 ha | -16.8% |
| 1977 | 5,813 ha | -9.4% |
| 1978 | 5,636 ha | -3.0% |
| 1979 | 5,574 ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 5,573 ha | -0.0% |
| 1981 | 5,816 ha | +4.4% |
| 1982 | 6,125 ha | +5.3% |
| 1983 | 5,632 ha | -8.0% |
| 1984 | 5,730 ha | +1.7% |
| 1985 | 5,561 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 5,724 ha | +2.9% |
| 1987 | 5,645 ha | -1.4% |
| 1988 | 6,488 ha | +14.9% |
| 1989 | 7,249 ha | +11.7% |
| 1990 | 8,682 ha | +19.8% |
| 1991 | 8,560 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 7,985 ha | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 8,748 ha | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 8,808 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 8,726 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 8,548 ha | -2.0% |
| 1997 | 9,512 ha | +11.3% |
| 1998 | 8,366 ha | -12.0% |
| 1999 | 8,680 ha | +3.8% |
| 2000 | 8,958 ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 7,162 ha | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 9,052 ha | +26.4% |
| 2003 | 7,955 ha | -12.1% |
| 2004 | 7,825 ha | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 7,569 ha | -3.3% |
| 2006 | 7,575 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 7,694 ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 7,450 ha | -3.2% |
| 2009 | 6,836 ha | -8.2% |
| 2010 | 5,796 ha | -15.2% |
| 2011 | 7,320 ha | +26.3% |
| 2012 | 7,064 ha | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 6,509 ha | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 5,923 ha | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 6,273 ha | +5.9% |
| 2016 | 6,324 ha | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 5,841 ha | -7.6% |
| 2018 | 6,325 ha | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 4,994 ha | -21.0% |
| 2020 | 5,228 ha | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 7,568 ha | +44.8% |
| 2022 | 7,435 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 5,747 ha | -22.7% |
| 2024 | 5,393 ha | -6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,527 ha | 7,757 ha | 8,972 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,398 ha | 5,574 ha | 9,125 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,954 ha | 5,561 ha | 7,249 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,662 ha | 7,985 ha | 9,512 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,808 ha | 6,836 ha | 9,052 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,237 ha | 4,994 ha | 7,320 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,274 ha | 5,228 ha | 7,568 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 23 Poland 5,900 ha compare
- 24 Egypt 5,734 ha compare
- 25 Azerbaijan 5,694 ha compare
- 27 Belgium-Luxembourg 5,359 ha compare
- 28 China, Taiwan Province of 5,295 ha compare
- 29 Chile 5,126 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is pears — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Pears — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 5,393 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 9,512 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,994 ha in 2019.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for pears — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 26th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Pears — 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.