Strawberries — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Strawberries — Area harvested was 3,397 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Strawberries — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, strawberries — area harvested in Australia stood at 3,397 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 21.6% on the previous year and up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, strawberries — area harvested in Australia peaked at 3,397 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 288 ha, in 1976.
That places Australia 24th out of 83 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.
Strawberries — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 341 ha | — |
| 1962 | 341 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 402 ha | +17.9% |
| 1964 | 391 ha | -2.7% |
| 1965 | 390 ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 376 ha | -3.6% |
| 1967 | 373 ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 391 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 432 ha | +10.5% |
| 1970 | 433 ha | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 394 ha | -9.0% |
| 1972 | 364 ha | -7.6% |
| 1973 | 362 ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 346 ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 304 ha | -12.1% |
| 1976 | 288 ha | -5.3% |
| 1977 | 334 ha | +16.0% |
| 1978 | 350 ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 345 ha | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 359 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 354 ha | -1.4% |
| 1982 | 331 ha | -6.5% |
| 1983 | 355 ha | +7.3% |
| 1984 | 389 ha | +9.6% |
| 1985 | 372 ha | -4.4% |
| 1986 | 358 ha | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 415 ha | +15.9% |
| 1988 | 422 ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 382 ha | -9.5% |
| 1990 | 425 ha | +11.3% |
| 1991 | 417 ha | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 501 ha | +20.1% |
| 1993 | 586 ha | +17.0% |
| 1994 | 744 ha | +27.0% |
| 1995 | 584 ha | -21.5% |
| 1996 | 637 ha | +9.1% |
| 1997 | 701 ha | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 720 ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 701 ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 700 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 919 ha | +31.3% |
| 2002 | 986 ha | +7.3% |
| 2003 | 1,480 ha | +50.1% |
| 2004 | 999 ha | -32.5% |
| 2005 | 865 ha | -13.4% |
| 2006 | 1,241 ha | +43.5% |
| 2007 | 1,240 ha | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,297 ha | +4.6% |
| 2009 | 1,184 ha | -8.7% |
| 2010 | 1,383 ha | +16.8% |
| 2011 | 2,220 ha | +60.5% |
| 2012 | 1,562 ha | -29.6% |
| 2013 | 1,917 ha | +22.7% |
| 2014 | 2,123 ha | +10.7% |
| 2015 | 2,240 ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 1,995 ha | -10.9% |
| 2017 | 2,265 ha | +13.5% |
| 2018 | 2,796 ha | +23.4% |
| 2019 | 2,656 ha | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 2,337 ha | -12.0% |
| 2021 | 3,254 ha | +39.2% |
| 2022 | 2,904 ha | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 2,793 ha | -3.8% |
| 2024 | 3,397 ha | +21.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 3,397 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 740 ha, 4.6× the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Australia's 3,397 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,397 ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 381.89 ha | 341 ha | 432 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 352 ha | 288 ha | 433 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 373.7 ha | 331 ha | 422 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 601.6 ha | 417 ha | 744 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,091 ha | 700 ha | 1,480 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,116 ha | 1,383 ha | 2,796 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,937 ha | 2,337 ha | 3,397 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
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 strawberries — area harvested in Australia?
- Strawberries — area harvested in Australia was 3,397 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest strawberries — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,397 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest strawberries — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 288 ha in 1976.
- How does Australia rank for strawberries — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 24th out of 83 countries with data for 2024.
- Is strawberries — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. 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 Strawberries — 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.