Beans, dry — Yield in Australia
Australia: Beans, dry — Yield was 1,714 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Beans, dry — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for beans, dry — yield in Australia is 1,714 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 89.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, beans, dry — yield in Australia peaked at 2,216 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 189.1 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Australia 42nd out of 127 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.
Beans, dry — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 552.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,100 kg/ha | +99.1% |
| 1963 | 515.1 kg/ha | -53.2% |
| 1964 | 593.9 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1965 | 202.6 kg/ha | -65.9% |
| 1966 | 468.6 kg/ha | +131.3% |
| 1967 | 604.6 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1968 | 208.7 kg/ha | -65.5% |
| 1969 | 480.6 kg/ha | +130.3% |
| 1970 | 241.4 kg/ha | -49.8% |
| 1971 | 773.2 kg/ha | +220.3% |
| 1972 | 189.1 kg/ha | -75.5% |
| 1973 | 561.4 kg/ha | +196.9% |
| 1974 | 875.9 kg/ha | +56.0% |
| 1975 | 798.7 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1976 | 721.9 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 793.7 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1978 | 1,039 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1979 | 357.2 kg/ha | -65.6% |
| 1980 | 649.4 kg/ha | +81.8% |
| 1981 | 1,010 kg/ha | +55.5% |
| 1982 | 227.1 kg/ha | -77.5% |
| 1983 | 655.8 kg/ha | +188.8% |
| 1984 | 622.3 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1985 | 461.3 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1986 | 412.4 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1987 | 590.1 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 1988 | 540.7 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1989 | 584.6 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 561.1 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 694.2 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 1992 | 500 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1993 | 1,148 kg/ha | +129.5% |
| 1994 | 538.1 kg/ha | -53.1% |
| 1995 | 564.5 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 945 kg/ha | +67.4% |
| 1997 | 840.9 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 1998 | 981.5 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1999 | 903.8 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2000 | 1,115 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2001 | 1,059 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 792.3 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2003 | 1,949 kg/ha | +146.0% |
| 2004 | 1,726 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2005 | 1,312 kg/ha | -24.0% |
| 2006 | 1,286 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 644.9 kg/ha | -49.8% |
| 2008 | 1,011 kg/ha | +56.8% |
| 2009 | 926.2 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2010 | 754.6 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2011 | 809.1 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 921.1 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2013 | 914.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 906.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 903.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 946.2 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2017 | 1,160 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 2018 | 1,298 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2019 | 1,427 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2020 | 1,578 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 2021 | 2,216 kg/ha | +40.4% |
| 2022 | 1,536 kg/ha | -30.7% |
| 2023 | 1,623 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 1,714 kg/ha | +5.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,714 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,764 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1,714 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,197 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Beans, dry — Yield in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +220.3% | 241.4 kg/ha | 773.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 525.19 kg/ha | 202.6 kg/ha | 1,100 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 635.14 kg/ha | 189.1 kg/ha | 1,039 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 575.34 kg/ha | 227.1 kg/ha | 1,010 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 767.66 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 1,148 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,182 kg/ha | 644.9 kg/ha | 1,949 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,004 kg/ha | 754.6 kg/ha | 1,427 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,733 kg/ha | 1,536 kg/ha | 2,216 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 beans, dry — yield in Australia?
- Beans, dry — yield in Australia was 1,714 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest beans, dry — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,216 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest beans, dry — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 189.1 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Australia rank for beans, dry — yield?
- Australia ranks 42nd out of 127 countries with data for 2024.
- Is beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 89.1%. 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 Beans, dry — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.