Asparagus — Yield in Australia
Australia: Asparagus — Yield was 5,147 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Asparagus — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 5,147 kg/ha for asparagus — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, asparagus — yield in Australia peaked at 6,097 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 1,990 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places Australia 20th out of 49 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Asparagus — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 3,983 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,921 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1963 | 3,896 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 3,328 kg/ha | -14.6% |
| 1965 | 3,762 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1966 | 3,430 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1967 | 4,322 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1968 | 3,794 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1969 | 3,189 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1970 | 2,813 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1971 | 3,371 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1972 | 2,758 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1973 | 2,738 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1974 | 2,573 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 1,990 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1976 | 2,696 kg/ha | +35.5% |
| 1977 | 2,907 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 3,116 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1979 | 3,720 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1980 | 3,636 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1981 | 4,210 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1982 | 2,962 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 1983 | 3,617 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1984 | 5,631 kg/ha | +55.7% |
| 1985 | 3,169 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1986 | 2,648 kg/ha | -16.4% |
| 1987 | 3,384 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1988 | 3,039 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1989 | 3,184 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 4,572 kg/ha | +43.6% |
| 1991 | 3,868 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1992 | 4,032 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 3,875 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1994 | 4,097 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1995 | 3,482 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1996 | 3,950 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1997 | 3,686 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1998 | 4,988 kg/ha | +35.3% |
| 1999 | 4,640 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2000 | 5,474 kg/ha | +18.0% |
| 2001 | 5,199 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 5,904 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2003 | 5,347 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2004 | 4,617 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 4,902 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2006 | 4,736 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 4,308 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2008 | 6,097 kg/ha | +41.5% |
| 2009 | 4,320 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2010 | 4,943 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2011 | 4,960 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 5,037 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 5,057 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 5,078 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 5,099 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 5,089 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 5,099 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 5,111 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 5,173 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 5,204 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 5,186 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 5,134 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 5,139 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,147 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 5,147 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,226 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
- Australia's 5,147 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5,696 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,736 kg/ha | 3,189 kg/ha | 4,322 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,868 kg/ha | 1,990 kg/ha | 3,720 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,548 kg/ha | 2,648 kg/ha | 5,631 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,119 kg/ha | 3,482 kg/ha | 4,988 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,090 kg/ha | 4,308 kg/ha | 6,097 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,065 kg/ha | 4,943 kg/ha | 5,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,162 kg/ha | 5,134 kg/ha | 5,204 kg/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 asparagus — yield in Australia?
- Asparagus — yield in Australia was 5,147 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest asparagus — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 6,097 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest asparagus — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,990 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Australia rank for asparagus — yield?
- Australia ranks 20th out of 49 countries with data for 2024.
- Is asparagus — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. 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 Asparagus — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.