Spinach — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Spinach — Area harvested was 1,061 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Spinach — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, spinach — area harvested in Australia stood at 1,061 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and down 27.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — area harvested in Australia peaked at 1,469 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 98 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 24th 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, 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 | 155 ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 157 ha | +1.3% |
| 1977 | 156 ha | -0.6% |
| 1978 | 186 ha | +19.2% |
| 1979 | 185 ha | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 170 ha | -8.1% |
| 1981 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1982 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 168 ha | -6.7% |
| 1984 | 185 ha | +10.1% |
| 1985 | 228 ha | +23.2% |
| 1986 | 230 ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 192 ha | -16.5% |
| 1988 | 190 ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 198 ha | +4.2% |
| 1990 | 208 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 227 ha | +9.1% |
| 1992 | 218 ha | -4.0% |
| 1993 | 298 ha | +36.7% |
| 1994 | 300 ha | +0.7% |
| 1995 | 330 ha | +10.0% |
| 1996 | 350 ha | +6.1% |
| 1997 | 400 ha | +14.3% |
| 1998 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1999 | 471 ha | +4.7% |
| 2000 | 500 ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 2004 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 800 ha | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 1,021 ha | +27.6% |
| 2007 | 1,469 ha | +43.9% |
| 2008 | 1,198 ha | -18.4% |
| 2009 | 1,373 ha | +14.6% |
| 2010 | 1,259 ha | -8.3% |
| 2011 | 1,251 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,309 ha | +4.6% |
| 2013 | 1,330 ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 1,468 ha | +10.4% |
| 2015 | 1,379 ha | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 1,354 ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 1,330 ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 1,305 ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 1,341 ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 1,246 ha | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 1,102 ha | -11.6% |
| 2022 | 1,055 ha | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 1,057 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,061 ha | +0.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,061 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 160 ha, 6.6× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1,061 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,061 ha, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 152.89 ha | 98 ha | 187 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 171.9 ha | 146 ha | 213 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 192.1 ha | 168 ha | 230 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 325.2 ha | 208 ha | 471 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 886.1 ha | 500 ha | 1,469 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,333 ha | 1,251 ha | 1,468 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,104 ha | 1,055 ha | 1,246 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 21 Peru 1,597 ha compare
- 22 Caribbean 968 ha compare
- 22 Australia and New Zealand 1,511 ha compare
- 23 Chile 1,153 ha compare
- 25 Czechoslovakia 1,032 ha compare
- 26 Jamaica 880 ha compare
- 27 Switzerland 701 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 spinach — area harvested in Australia?
- Spinach — area harvested in Australia was 1,061 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,469 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest spinach — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 98 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for spinach — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 24th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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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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.