Spinach — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Spinach — Area harvested was 1,511 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — 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 spinach — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand is 1,511 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1,923 ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 98 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 22nd out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Spinach — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 98 ha | — |
| 1962 | 108 ha | +10.2% |
| 1963 | 131 ha | +21.3% |
| 1964 | 146 ha | +11.5% |
| 1965 | 166 ha | +13.7% |
| 1966 | 183 ha | +10.2% |
| 1967 | 187 ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 170 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 187 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 213 ha | +13.9% |
| 1971 | 186 ha | -12.7% |
| 1972 | 169 ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 166 ha | -1.8% |
| 1974 | 146 ha | -12.0% |
| 1975 | 224 ha | +53.4% |
| 1976 | 223 ha | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 223 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 288 ha | +29.1% |
| 1979 | 285 ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 273 ha | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 281 ha | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 393 ha | +39.9% |
| 1983 | 328 ha | -16.5% |
| 1984 | 325 ha | -0.9% |
| 1985 | 378 ha | +16.3% |
| 1986 | 403 ha | +6.6% |
| 1987 | 363 ha | -9.9% |
| 1988 | 401 ha | +10.5% |
| 1989 | 409 ha | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 433 ha | +5.9% |
| 1991 | 462 ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 432 ha | -6.5% |
| 1993 | 585 ha | +35.4% |
| 1994 | 613 ha | +4.8% |
| 1995 | 699 ha | +14.0% |
| 1996 | 800 ha | +14.4% |
| 1997 | 820 ha | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 750 ha | -8.5% |
| 1999 | 781 ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 962 ha | +23.2% |
| 2001 | 1,010 ha | +5.0% |
| 2002 | 996 ha | -1.4% |
| 2003 | 1,087 ha | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 1,121 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 1,220 ha | +8.8% |
| 2006 | 1,454 ha | +19.2% |
| 2007 | 1,919 ha | +32.0% |
| 2008 | 1,698 ha | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 1,923 ha | +13.3% |
| 2010 | 1,902 ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 1,684 ha | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 1,679 ha | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,709 ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1,867 ha | +9.2% |
| 2015 | 1,867 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,776 ha | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,766 ha | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,772 ha | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,783 ha | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,694 ha | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 1,553 ha | -8.3% |
| 2022 | 1,502 ha | -3.3% |
| 2023 | 1,505 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,511 ha | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 152.89 ha | 98 ha | 187 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 212.3 ha | 146 ha | 288 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 355.4 ha | 273 ha | 409 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 637.5 ha | 432 ha | 820 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,339 ha | 962 ha | 1,923 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,780 ha | 1,679 ha | 1,902 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,553 ha | 1,502 ha | 1,694 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is spinach — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Spinach — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 1,511 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,923 ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 98 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 22nd out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Spinach — Area harvested. 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.