Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 114,853 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 114,853 ha for vegetables primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 6.2% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 128,709 ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 78,662 ha, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 56th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 78,662 ha | — |
| 1962 | 79,962 ha | +1.7% |
| 1963 | 82,624 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 80,149 ha | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 84,471 ha | +5.4% |
| 1966 | 82,820 ha | -2.0% |
| 1967 | 82,122 ha | -0.8% |
| 1968 | 86,263 ha | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 90,276 ha | +4.7% |
| 1970 | 82,699 ha | -8.4% |
| 1971 | 88,773 ha | +7.3% |
| 1972 | 89,155 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 87,884 ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 89,230 ha | +1.5% |
| 1975 | 88,911 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 88,822 ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 88,361 ha | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 92,305 ha | +4.5% |
| 1979 | 86,531 ha | -6.3% |
| 1980 | 83,922 ha | -3.0% |
| 1981 | 87,170 ha | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 92,641 ha | +6.3% |
| 1983 | 93,898 ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 96,958 ha | +3.3% |
| 1985 | 101,435 ha | +4.6% |
| 1986 | 109,098 ha | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 124,588 ha | +14.2% |
| 1988 | 116,602 ha | -6.4% |
| 1989 | 114,250 ha | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 110,216 ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 111,728 ha | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 97,250 ha | -13.0% |
| 1993 | 99,631 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 116,256 ha | +16.7% |
| 1995 | 123,381 ha | +6.1% |
| 1996 | 124,378 ha | +0.8% |
| 1997 | 128,709 ha | +3.5% |
| 1998 | 126,707 ha | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 120,254 ha | -5.1% |
| 2000 | 122,896 ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 123,329 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 119,648 ha | -3.0% |
| 2003 | 118,186 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 116,594 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 113,806 ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 116,849 ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 114,376 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 104,309 ha | -8.8% |
| 2009 | 111,574 ha | +7.0% |
| 2010 | 111,779 ha | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 118,523 ha | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 118,069 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 112,687 ha | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 115,700 ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 112,464 ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 111,467 ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 110,215 ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 108,791 ha | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 108,037 ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 100,875 ha | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 118,320 ha | +17.3% |
| 2022 | 109,382 ha | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 108,128 ha | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 114,853 ha | +6.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,039 ha | 78,662 ha | 90,276 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 88,267 ha | 82,699 ha | 92,305 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 102,056 ha | 83,922 ha | 124,588 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 115,851 ha | 97,250 ha | 128,709 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 116,157 ha | 104,309 ha | 123,329 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 112,773 ha | 108,037 ha | 118,523 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 110,312 ha | 100,875 ha | 118,320 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetables primary — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 114,853 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 128,709 ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 78,662 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 56th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Vegetables Primary — 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.