Pears — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Pears — Area harvested was 5,023 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — Area harvested in Australia, 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 is 5,023 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.6% on the previous year and down 7.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — area harvested in Australia peaked at 8,498 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 4,654 ha, in 2019.
That places Australia 32nd 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,197 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,469 ha | +3.8% |
| 1963 | 8,093 ha | +8.4% |
| 1964 | 8,209 ha | +1.4% |
| 1965 | 7,874 ha | -4.1% |
| 1966 | 8,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 1967 | 7,948 ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 8,272 ha | +4.1% |
| 1969 | 8,345 ha | +0.9% |
| 1970 | 8,433 ha | +1.1% |
| 1971 | 8,498 ha | +0.8% |
| 1972 | 7,980 ha | -6.1% |
| 1973 | 7,830 ha | -1.9% |
| 1974 | 7,190 ha | -8.2% |
| 1975 | 7,220 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 5,930 ha | -17.9% |
| 1977 | 5,370 ha | -9.4% |
| 1978 | 5,190 ha | -3.4% |
| 1979 | 5,130 ha | -1.2% |
| 1980 | 5,120 ha | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 5,190 ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 5,450 ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 4,980 ha | -8.6% |
| 1984 | 5,070 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 4,950 ha | -2.4% |
| 1986 | 5,090 ha | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 4,970 ha | -2.4% |
| 1988 | 5,690 ha | +14.5% |
| 1989 | 6,490 ha | +14.1% |
| 1990 | 7,040 ha | +8.5% |
| 1991 | 7,060 ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 6,990 ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 7,680 ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 7,530 ha | -2.0% |
| 1995 | 7,460 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 7,397 ha | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 8,012 ha | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 7,366 ha | -8.1% |
| 1999 | 7,680 ha | +4.3% |
| 2000 | 8,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 6,200 ha | -22.5% |
| 2002 | 8,100 ha | +30.6% |
| 2003 | 7,050 ha | -13.0% |
| 2004 | 6,875 ha | -2.5% |
| 2005 | 6,850 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 6,825 ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 7,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 6,700 ha | -4.3% |
| 2009 | 6,200 ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 5,164 ha | -16.7% |
| 2011 | 6,701 ha | +29.8% |
| 2012 | 6,447 ha | -3.8% |
| 2013 | 5,939 ha | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 5,418 ha | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 5,799 ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 5,886 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 5,469 ha | -7.1% |
| 2018 | 5,954 ha | +8.9% |
| 2019 | 4,654 ha | -21.8% |
| 2020 | 4,916 ha | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 7,256 ha | +47.6% |
| 2022 | 7,127 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 5,439 ha | -23.7% |
| 2024 | 5,023 ha | -7.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 5,023 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 690 ha, 7.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +47.6% | 4,916 ha | 7,256 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,934 ha | 7,197 ha | 8,345 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,877 ha | 5,130 ha | 8,498 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,300 ha | 4,950 ha | 6,490 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,422 ha | 6,990 ha | 8,012 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,980 ha | 6,200 ha | 8,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,743 ha | 4,654 ha | 6,701 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,952 ha | 4,916 ha | 7,256 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 pears — area harvested in Australia?
- Pears — area harvested in Australia was 5,023 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 8,498 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest pears — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,654 ha in 2019.
- How does Australia rank for pears — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 32nd out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.3%. 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 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.