Tomatoes — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Tomatoes — Area harvested was 5,251 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 5,251 ha for tomatoes — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 33.6% on the previous year and down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — area harvested in Australia peaked at 10,071 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 3,917 ha, in 2020.
Australia ranks 75th of 169 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.
Tomatoes — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,003 ha | — |
| 1962 | 7,003 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 6,680 ha | -4.6% |
| 1964 | 6,619 ha | -0.9% |
| 1965 | 6,602 ha | -0.3% |
| 1966 | 6,760 ha | +2.4% |
| 1967 | 7,200 ha | +6.5% |
| 1968 | 6,987 ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 7,074 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 7,219 ha | +2.0% |
| 1971 | 7,444 ha | +3.1% |
| 1972 | 8,317 ha | +11.7% |
| 1973 | 7,656 ha | -7.9% |
| 1974 | 7,081 ha | -7.5% |
| 1975 | 7,868 ha | +11.1% |
| 1976 | 7,917 ha | +0.6% |
| 1977 | 8,595 ha | +8.6% |
| 1978 | 8,548 ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 8,172 ha | -4.4% |
| 1980 | 8,450 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 9,057 ha | +7.2% |
| 1982 | 9,083 ha | +0.3% |
| 1983 | 8,714 ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 9,118 ha | +4.6% |
| 1985 | 9,292 ha | +1.9% |
| 1986 | 7,508 ha | -19.2% |
| 1987 | 8,547 ha | +13.8% |
| 1988 | 8,353 ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 9,140 ha | +9.4% |
| 1990 | 9,604 ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 10,071 ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 9,006 ha | -10.6% |
| 1993 | 8,554 ha | -5.0% |
| 1994 | 8,903 ha | +4.1% |
| 1995 | 8,657 ha | -2.8% |
| 1996 | 8,580 ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 8,830 ha | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 8,023 ha | -9.1% |
| 1999 | 8,549 ha | +6.6% |
| 2000 | 8,322 ha | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 9,582 ha | +15.1% |
| 2002 | 8,477 ha | -11.5% |
| 2003 | 7,309 ha | -13.8% |
| 2004 | 8,460 ha | +15.7% |
| 2005 | 7,806 ha | -7.7% |
| 2006 | 7,750 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 7,293 ha | -5.9% |
| 2008 | 6,788 ha | -6.9% |
| 2009 | 6,789 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 7,734 ha | +13.9% |
| 2011 | 8,244 ha | +6.6% |
| 2012 | 7,415 ha | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 6,290 ha | -15.2% |
| 2014 | 6,139 ha | -2.4% |
| 2015 | 5,847 ha | -4.8% |
| 2016 | 5,430 ha | -7.1% |
| 2017 | 4,785 ha | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 4,791 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 4,278 ha | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 3,917 ha | -8.4% |
| 2021 | 6,180 ha | +57.8% |
| 2022 | 5,512 ha | -10.8% |
| 2023 | 3,929 ha | -28.7% |
| 2024 | 5,251 ha | +33.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 5,251 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 336 ha, 15.6× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Australia's 5,251 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 464 ha, 11.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tomatoes — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +57.8% | 3,917 ha | 6,180 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,881 ha | 6,602 ha | 7,200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,882 ha | 7,081 ha | 8,595 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,726 ha | 7,508 ha | 9,292 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,878 ha | 8,023 ha | 10,071 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,858 ha | 6,788 ha | 9,582 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,095 ha | 4,278 ha | 8,244 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,958 ha | 3,917 ha | 6,180 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 72 North Macedonia 5,597 ha compare
- 73 Sri Lanka 5,514 ha compare
- 74 Lebanon 5,400 ha compare
- 76 Republic of Korea 5,109 ha compare
- 77 Madagascar 4,926 ha compare
- 78 Israel 4,742 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 tomatoes — area harvested in Australia?
- Tomatoes — area harvested in Australia was 5,251 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 10,071 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,917 ha in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for tomatoes — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 75th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.