Pears — Production in Australia
Australia: Pears — Production was 84,761 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for pears — production in Australia is 84,761 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 13.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — production in Australia peaked at 193,471 t in 1973 and was at its lowest, 80,353 t, in 2019.
Australia ranks 24th of 88 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Pears — Production in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 109,414 t | — |
| 1962 | 134,045 t | +22.5% |
| 1963 | 115,673 t | -13.7% |
| 1964 | 141,179 t | +22.1% |
| 1965 | 120,845 t | -14.4% |
| 1966 | 152,790 t | +26.4% |
| 1967 | 133,841 t | -12.4% |
| 1968 | 150,042 t | +12.1% |
| 1969 | 107,054 t | -28.7% |
| 1970 | 190,460 t | +77.9% |
| 1971 | 187,627 t | -1.5% |
| 1972 | 184,245 t | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 193,471 t | +5.0% |
| 1974 | 164,656 t | -14.9% |
| 1975 | 162,955 t | -1.0% |
| 1976 | 140,038 t | -14.1% |
| 1977 | 105,278 t | -24.8% |
| 1978 | 108,019 t | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 127,590 t | +18.1% |
| 1980 | 124,268 t | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 145,643 t | +17.2% |
| 1982 | 109,658 t | -24.7% |
| 1983 | 119,243 t | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 122,076 t | +2.4% |
| 1985 | 138,507 t | +13.5% |
| 1986 | 142,000 t | +2.5% |
| 1987 | 144,582 t | +1.8% |
| 1988 | 162,034 t | +12.1% |
| 1989 | 142,119 t | -12.3% |
| 1990 | 164,248 t | +15.6% |
| 1991 | 159,574 t | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 180,123 t | +12.9% |
| 1993 | 168,418 t | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 155,215 t | -7.8% |
| 1995 | 151,750 t | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 156,022 t | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 167,562 t | +7.4% |
| 1998 | 152,877 t | -8.8% |
| 1999 | 156,714 t | +2.5% |
| 2000 | 156,369 t | -0.2% |
| 2001 | 155,298 t | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 105,909 t | -31.8% |
| 2003 | 135,919 t | +28.3% |
| 2004 | 111,643 t | -17.9% |
| 2005 | 139,493 t | +24.9% |
| 2006 | 135,057 t | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 134,488 t | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 130,492 t | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 120,376 t | -7.8% |
| 2010 | 95,111 t | -21.0% |
| 2011 | 123,267 t | +29.6% |
| 2012 | 119,274 t | -3.2% |
| 2013 | 109,206 t | -8.4% |
| 2014 | 98,035 t | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 105,243 t | +7.4% |
| 2016 | 104,928 t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 96,741 t | -7.8% |
| 2018 | 103,748 t | +7.2% |
| 2019 | 80,353 t | -22.5% |
| 2020 | 84,206 t | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 124,338 t | +47.7% |
| 2022 | 121,955 t | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 92,450 t | -24.2% |
| 2024 | 84,761 t | -8.3% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 84,761 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 13,960 t, 6.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Production 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +77.9% | 107,054 t | 190,460 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 129,431 t | 107,054 t | 152,790 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 156,434 t | 105,278 t | 193,471 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 135,013 t | 109,658 t | 162,034 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 161,250 t | 151,750 t | 180,123 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 132,504 t | 105,909 t | 156,369 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 103,591 t | 80,353 t | 123,267 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 101,542 t | 84,206 t | 124,338 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 21 Australia and New Zealand 104,860 t compare
- 22 China, Taiwan Province of 101,500 t compare
- 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 84,830 t compare
- 25 Egypt 84,582 t compare
- 25 Caribbean 588.79 t compare
- 26 Poland 74,200 t compare
- 27 Greece 73,600 t compare
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 — production in Australia?
- Pears — production in Australia was 84,761 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — production recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 193,471 t in 1973.
- What is the lowest pears — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 80,353 t in 2019.
- How does Australia rank for pears — production?
- Australia ranks 24th out of 88 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.5%. 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 — Production. 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.