Pears — Yield in Australia
Australia: Pears — Yield was 16,875 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pears — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pears — yield in Australia stood at 16,875 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 6.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pears — yield in Australia peaked at 29,091 kg/ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 12,828 kg/ha, in 1969.
Australia ranks 29th of 87 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 — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,203 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,947 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 1963 | 14,293 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1964 | 17,198 kg/ha | +20.3% |
| 1965 | 15,347 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1966 | 19,099 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 1967 | 16,840 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1968 | 18,138 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1969 | 12,828 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1970 | 22,585 kg/ha | +76.1% |
| 1971 | 22,079 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 23,088 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1973 | 24,709 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1974 | 22,901 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1975 | 22,570 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 23,615 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1977 | 19,605 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1978 | 20,813 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1979 | 24,871 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1980 | 24,271 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1981 | 28,062 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1982 | 20,121 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1983 | 23,944 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1984 | 24,078 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 27,981 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1986 | 27,898 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1987 | 29,091 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 28,477 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1989 | 21,898 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1990 | 23,331 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1991 | 22,602 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1992 | 25,769 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1993 | 21,929 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1994 | 20,613 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 20,342 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 21,094 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1997 | 20,914 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 20,754 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1999 | 20,406 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 19,546 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2001 | 25,048 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 2002 | 13,075 kg/ha | -47.8% |
| 2003 | 19,279 kg/ha | +47.4% |
| 2004 | 16,239 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2005 | 20,364 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2006 | 19,789 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2007 | 19,213 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 19,476 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2009 | 19,416 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 18,418 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2011 | 18,394 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 18,500 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 18,386 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 18,095 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2015 | 18,150 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 17,827 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 17,690 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 17,424 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 17,264 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 17,129 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 17,137 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 17,112 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 16,996 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 16,875 kg/ha | -0.7% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 16,875 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 16,875 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pears — Yield 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 | +76.1% | 12,828 kg/ha | 22,585 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +47.4% | 13,075 kg/ha | 19,279 kg/ha |
| 2002 | -47.8% | 25,048 kg/ha | 13,075 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,321 kg/ha | 12,828 kg/ha | 19,099 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 22,684 kg/ha | 19,605 kg/ha | 24,871 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,582 kg/ha | 20,121 kg/ha | 29,091 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,775 kg/ha | 20,342 kg/ha | 25,769 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19,144 kg/ha | 13,075 kg/ha | 25,048 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,015 kg/ha | 17,264 kg/ha | 18,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 17,050 kg/ha | 16,875 kg/ha | 17,137 kg/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 pears — yield in Australia?
- Pears — yield in Australia was 16,875 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pears — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 29,091 kg/ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest pears — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,828 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Australia rank for pears — yield?
- Australia ranks 29th out of 87 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pears — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.7%. 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 — 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.