Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Vegetables Primary — Area harvested was 80,862 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, vegetables primary — area harvested in Australia stood at 80,862 ha.
That represents a change of up 5.4% on the previous year and up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — area harvested in Australia peaked at 83,591 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 60,736 ha, in 1980.
Australia ranks 70th 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,571 ha | — |
| 1962 | 63,397 ha | -0.3% |
| 1963 | 65,291 ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 60,752 ha | -7.0% |
| 1965 | 65,597 ha | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 67,289 ha | +2.6% |
| 1967 | 66,450 ha | -1.2% |
| 1968 | 69,011 ha | +3.9% |
| 1969 | 68,949 ha | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 62,069 ha | -10.0% |
| 1971 | 68,906 ha | +11.0% |
| 1972 | 68,678 ha | -0.3% |
| 1973 | 66,548 ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 66,795 ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 66,559 ha | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 66,101 ha | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 62,098 ha | -6.1% |
| 1978 | 65,643 ha | +5.7% |
| 1979 | 61,665 ha | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 60,736 ha | -1.5% |
| 1981 | 63,588 ha | +4.7% |
| 1982 | 65,981 ha | +3.8% |
| 1983 | 64,533 ha | -2.2% |
| 1984 | 63,738 ha | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 64,575 ha | +1.3% |
| 1986 | 65,797 ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 67,831 ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 71,003 ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 74,089 ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 68,811 ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 67,004 ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 67,942 ha | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 66,709 ha | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 69,386 ha | +4.0% |
| 1995 | 71,705 ha | +3.3% |
| 1996 | 77,287 ha | +7.8% |
| 1997 | 77,145 ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 75,531 ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 73,926 ha | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 75,788 ha | +2.5% |
| 2001 | 77,996 ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 75,616 ha | -3.1% |
| 2003 | 71,714 ha | -5.2% |
| 2004 | 72,661 ha | +1.3% |
| 2005 | 69,034 ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 73,693 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 72,543 ha | -1.6% |
| 2008 | 63,459 ha | -12.5% |
| 2009 | 67,812 ha | +6.9% |
| 2010 | 71,342 ha | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 75,832 ha | +6.3% |
| 2012 | 73,653 ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 69,274 ha | -5.9% |
| 2014 | 71,731 ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 69,555 ha | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 70,600 ha | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 74,499 ha | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 73,063 ha | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 71,919 ha | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 66,281 ha | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 83,591 ha | +26.1% |
| 2022 | 77,976 ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 76,724 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 80,862 ha | +5.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 80,862 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 8,406 ha, 9.6× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Australia's 80,862 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 20,233 ha, 4.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65,590 ha | 60,752 ha | 69,011 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65,506 ha | 61,665 ha | 68,906 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 66,187 ha | 60,736 ha | 74,089 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 71,545 ha | 66,709 ha | 77,287 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 72,032 ha | 63,459 ha | 77,996 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 72,147 ha | 69,274 ha | 75,832 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 77,087 ha | 66,281 ha | 83,591 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 vegetables primary — area harvested in Australia?
- Vegetables primary — area harvested in Australia was 80,862 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 83,591 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 60,736 ha in 1980.
- How does Australia rank for vegetables primary — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 70th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.