Beans, dry — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Beans, dry — Area harvested was 131,948 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, beans, dry — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 131,948 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 106.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 131,948 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 809 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 29th out of 129 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Beans, dry — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 809 ha | — |
| 1962 | 809 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,023 ha | +150.1% |
| 1964 | 1,214 ha | -40.0% |
| 1965 | 1,214 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,023 ha | +66.6% |
| 1967 | 2,428 ha | +20.0% |
| 1968 | 4,053 ha | +66.9% |
| 1969 | 5,266 ha | +29.9% |
| 1970 | 4,644 ha | -11.8% |
| 1971 | 8,412 ha | +81.1% |
| 1972 | 9,516 ha | +13.1% |
| 1973 | 4,523 ha | -52.5% |
| 1974 | 3,230 ha | -28.6% |
| 1975 | 7,592 ha | +135.0% |
| 1976 | 8,224 ha | +8.3% |
| 1977 | 10,360 ha | +26.0% |
| 1978 | 4,784 ha | -53.8% |
| 1979 | 4,297 ha | -10.2% |
| 1980 | 3,314 ha | -22.9% |
| 1981 | 5,690 ha | +71.7% |
| 1982 | 21,748 ha | +282.2% |
| 1983 | 23,017 ha | +5.8% |
| 1984 | 30,390 ha | +32.0% |
| 1985 | 41,006 ha | +34.9% |
| 1986 | 57,932 ha | +41.3% |
| 1987 | 36,235 ha | -37.5% |
| 1988 | 38,302 ha | +5.7% |
| 1989 | 24,572 ha | -35.8% |
| 1990 | 29,788 ha | +21.2% |
| 1991 | 32,174 ha | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 38,000 ha | +18.1% |
| 1993 | 27,800 ha | -26.8% |
| 1994 | 38,100 ha | +37.1% |
| 1995 | 41,100 ha | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 52,700 ha | +28.2% |
| 1997 | 44,000 ha | -16.5% |
| 1998 | 54,000 ha | +22.7% |
| 1999 | 52,000 ha | -3.7% |
| 2000 | 52,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 47,200 ha | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 49,100 ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 26,678 ha | -45.7% |
| 2004 | 33,597 ha | +25.9% |
| 2005 | 40,380 ha | +20.2% |
| 2006 | 28,000 ha | -30.7% |
| 2007 | 44,291 ha | +58.2% |
| 2008 | 45,000 ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 54,585 ha | +21.3% |
| 2010 | 86,400 ha | +58.3% |
| 2011 | 55,000 ha | -36.3% |
| 2012 | 38,000 ha | -30.9% |
| 2013 | 35,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2014 | 64,000 ha | +82.9% |
| 2015 | 119,000 ha | +85.9% |
| 2016 | 130,000 ha | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 88,798 ha | -31.7% |
| 2018 | 77,823 ha | -12.4% |
| 2019 | 89,824 ha | +15.4% |
| 2020 | 111,748 ha | +24.4% |
| 2021 | 116,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 99,699 ha | -14.1% |
| 2023 | 125,943 ha | +26.3% |
| 2024 | 131,948 ha | +4.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,204 ha | 809 ha | 5,266 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,558 ha | 3,230 ha | 10,360 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,221 ha | 3,314 ha | 57,932 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,966 ha | 27,800 ha | 54,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 42,083 ha | 26,678 ha | 54,585 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 78,384 ha | 35,000 ha | 130,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 117,068 ha | 99,699 ha | 131,948 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is beans, dry — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Beans, dry — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 131,948 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 131,948 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 809 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for beans, dry — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 29th out of 129 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 106.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Beans, dry — 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.