Australia vs Pakistan: Wheat — Area harvested
Wheat — Area harvested over time
- Australia
- Pakistan
How they compare
Australia currently reports 13.06 million ha against 9.73 million ha in Pakistan, a difference of 3.33 million ha.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.3 times Pakistan's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 8th and Pakistan ranks 10th of 124 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.94 million ha | 5.28 million ha | 2.66 million ha | Australia |
| 1970s | 8.73 million ha | 6.14 million ha | 2.59 million ha | Australia |
| 1980s | 10.93 million ha | 7.33 million ha | 3.61 million ha | Australia |
| 1990s | 9.54 million ha | 8.12 million ha | 1.42 million ha | Australia |
| 2000s | 12.55 million ha | 8.39 million ha | 4.16 million ha | Australia |
| 2010s | 12.00 million ha | 8.94 million ha | 3.06 million ha | Australia |
| 2020s | 12.37 million ha | 9.14 million ha | 3.23 million ha | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher wheat — area harvested, Australia or Pakistan?
- Australia, at 13.06 million ha against 9.73 million ha in Pakistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in wheat — area harvested between Australia and Pakistan?
- 3.33 million ha, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Pakistan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Pakistan rank globally for wheat — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 8th and Pakistan ranks 10th of 124 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Wheat — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.