Bees — Stocks in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Bees — Stocks was 1.03 million No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
In 2024, bees — stocks in Australia and New Zealand stood at 1.03 million No.
The figure is down 7.2% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1.55 million No in 2018 and was at its lowest, 487,221 No, in 1963.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 23rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 503,400 No | — |
| 1962 | 527,045 No | +4.7% |
| 1963 | 487,221 No | -7.6% |
| 1964 | 529,609 No | +8.7% |
| 1965 | 521,000 No | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 504,723 No | -3.1% |
| 1967 | 513,513 No | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 554,451 No | +8.0% |
| 1969 | 492,073 No | -11.3% |
| 1970 | 557,943 No | +13.4% |
| 1971 | 570,570 No | +2.3% |
| 1972 | 588,000 No | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 603,337 No | +2.6% |
| 1974 | 617,686 No | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 695,905 No | +12.7% |
| 1976 | 702,537 No | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 700,179 No | -0.3% |
| 1978 | 693,617 No | -0.9% |
| 1979 | 728,023 No | +5.0% |
| 1980 | 744,622 No | +2.3% |
| 1981 | 752,907 No | +1.1% |
| 1982 | 802,595 No | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 802,042 No | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 807,005 No | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 862,613 No | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 888,961 No | +3.1% |
| 1987 | 704,433 No | -20.8% |
| 1988 | 701,702 No | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 735,338 No | +4.8% |
| 1990 | 723,203 No | -1.7% |
| 1991 | 696,242 No | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 670,065 No | -3.8% |
| 1993 | 660,660 No | -1.4% |
| 1994 | 754,875 No | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 782,080 No | +3.6% |
| 1996 | 752,806 No | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 773,458 No | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 696,000 No | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 659,695 No | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 775,512 No | +17.6% |
| 2001 | 719,934 No | -7.2% |
| 2002 | 693,248 No | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 684,590 No | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 675,333 No | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 679,463 No | +0.6% |
| 2006 | 687,376 No | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 703,229 No | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 733,828 No | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 729,971 No | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 732,069 No | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 658,163 No | -10.1% |
| 2012 | 681,787 No | +3.6% |
| 2013 | 973,099 No | +42.7% |
| 2014 | 1.03 million No | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 1.02 million No | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 1.16 million No | +13.7% |
| 2017 | 1.36 million No | +17.9% |
| 2018 | 1.55 million No | +13.6% |
| 2019 | 1.49 million No | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 1.42 million No | -4.4% |
| 2021 | 1.37 million No | -3.6% |
| 2022 | 1.27 million No | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 1.11 million No | -12.6% |
| 2024 | 1.03 million No | -7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 514,782 No | 487,221 No | 554,451 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 645,780 No | 557,943 No | 728,023 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 780,222 No | 701,702 No | 888,961 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 716,908 No | 659,695 No | 782,080 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 708,248 No | 675,333 No | 775,512 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.06 million No | 658,163 No | 1.55 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.24 million No | 1.03 million No | 1.42 million No | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Australia and New Zealand
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- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 30.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.8937 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.0721 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.9752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 3.98 million ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 878,946 1000 An (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 7.07 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bees — stocks in Australia and New Zealand?
- Bees — stocks in Australia and New Zealand was 1.03 million No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.55 million No in 2018.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 487,221 No in 1963.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for bees — stocks?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 23rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Bees — Stocks. 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.