Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Australia
Australia: Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield was 14,187 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 14,187 kg/ha for pomelos and grapefruits — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 8.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Australia peaked at 35,000 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 13,986 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Australia 37th out of 73 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.
Pomelos and grapefruits — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,370 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,370 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 19,734 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1964 | 18,143 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 1965 | 18,663 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 19,308 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 17,182 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1968 | 20,638 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1969 | 18,515 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1970 | 23,702 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1971 | 20,202 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1972 | 19,648 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 16,448 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1974 | 15,450 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1975 | 15,157 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1976 | 17,731 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1977 | 18,853 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 21,143 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1979 | 24,661 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1980 | 27,605 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1981 | 29,838 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1982 | 29,135 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 27,873 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1984 | 30,179 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 30,867 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 35,000 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1987 | 32,107 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1988 | 34,916 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 31,434 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 31,096 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1991 | 28,840 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 29,016 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 31,154 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1994 | 24,471 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1995 | 23,900 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 32,781 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1997 | 16,013 kg/ha | -51.2% |
| 1998 | 21,742 kg/ha | +35.8% |
| 1999 | 22,058 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2000 | 21,485 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 20,344 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 19,657 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 18,901 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 17,825 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2005 | 17,066 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2006 | 16,258 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 14,448 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 16,316 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 16,255 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 16,010 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 15,772 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2012 | 15,540 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 15,270 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 15,420 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 15,251 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 15,088 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 14,930 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 14,776 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 14,626 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 13,986 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 14,119 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 14,404 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 14,296 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 14,187 kg/ha | -0.8% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 14,187 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 16,244 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (18 countries reporting)
- Australia's 14,187 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 14,210 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Pomelos and grapefruits — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | -51.2% | 32,781 kg/ha | 16,013 kg/ha |
| 1996 | +37.2% | 23,900 kg/ha | 32,781 kg/ha |
| 1998 | +35.8% | 16,013 kg/ha | 21,742 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,325 kg/ha | 16,370 kg/ha | 20,638 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,299 kg/ha | 15,157 kg/ha | 24,661 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,895 kg/ha | 27,605 kg/ha | 35,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 26,107 kg/ha | 16,013 kg/ha | 32,781 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,855 kg/ha | 14,448 kg/ha | 21,485 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 15,268 kg/ha | 14,626 kg/ha | 16,010 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 14,198 kg/ha | 13,986 kg/ha | 14,404 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 34 Burkina Faso 14,880 kg/ha compare
- 35 Australia and New Zealand 14,670 kg/ha compare
- 36 Thailand 14,234 kg/ha compare
- 38 Sudan (former) 14,157 kg/ha compare
- 39 Bangladesh 13,776 kg/ha compare
- 40 Uruguay 13,388 kg/ha 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 pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Australia?
- Pomelos and grapefruits — yield in Australia was 14,187 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 35,000 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest pomelos and grapefruits — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,986 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for pomelos and grapefruits — yield?
- Australia ranks 37th out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pomelos and grapefruits — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.0%. 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 Pomelos and grapefruits — 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.