Bees — Stocks in Australia
Australia: Bees — Stocks was 500,220 No in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bees — Stocks in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in No.
Analysis
In 2024, bees — stocks in Australia stood at 500,220 No.
That represents a change of down 2.7% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bees — stocks in Australia peaked at 668,672 No in 2018 and was at its lowest, 230,000 No, in 2012.
Australia ranks 38th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bees — Stocks in Australia, year by year
| Year | No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 323,447 No | — |
| 1962 | 347,092 No | +7.3% |
| 1963 | 303,347 No | -12.6% |
| 1964 | 339,609 No | +12.0% |
| 1965 | 326,000 No | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 310,223 No | -4.8% |
| 1967 | 318,913 No | +2.8% |
| 1968 | 360,238 No | +13.0% |
| 1969 | 301,073 No | -16.4% |
| 1970 | 367,943 No | +22.2% |
| 1971 | 375,570 No | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 384,000 No | +2.2% |
| 1973 | 395,393 No | +3.0% |
| 1974 | 409,238 No | +3.5% |
| 1975 | 491,354 No | +20.1% |
| 1976 | 497,037 No | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 492,942 No | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 478,617 No | -2.9% |
| 1979 | 501,153 No | +4.7% |
| 1980 | 510,812 No | +1.9% |
| 1981 | 530,907 No | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 551,518 No | +3.9% |
| 1983 | 537,000 No | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 530,000 No | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 553,000 No | +4.3% |
| 1986 | 560,000 No | +1.3% |
| 1987 | 364,000 No | -35.0% |
| 1988 | 366,000 No | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 405,000 No | +10.7% |
| 1990 | 405,000 No | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 384,000 No | -5.2% |
| 1992 | 366,000 No | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 361,678 No | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 465,000 No | +28.6% |
| 1995 | 489,000 No | +5.2% |
| 1996 | 466,000 No | -4.7% |
| 1997 | 486,000 No | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 396,000 No | -18.5% |
| 1999 | 339,000 No | -14.4% |
| 2000 | 428,000 No | +26.3% |
| 2001 | 380,000 No | -11.2% |
| 2002 | 360,000 No | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 360,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 360,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 360,000 No | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 365,000 No | +1.4% |
| 2007 | 368,000 No | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 360,000 No | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 340,000 No | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 330,000 No | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 240,000 No | -27.3% |
| 2012 | 230,000 No | -4.2% |
| 2013 | 521,081 No | +126.6% |
| 2014 | 520,000 No | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 440,626 No | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 472,141 No | +7.2% |
| 2017 | 543,053 No | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 668,672 No | +23.1% |
| 2019 | 568,052 No | -15.0% |
| 2020 | 551,807 No | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 557,726 No | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 548,495 No | -1.7% |
| 2023 | 513,886 No | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 500,220 No | -2.7% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 500,220 No is above the median for high income countries, which is 284,175 No, 1.8× the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Australia's 500,220 No is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,957 No, 35.8× the median. (12 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bees — Stocks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +126.6% | 230,000 No | 521,081 No |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 325,549 No | 301,073 No | 360,238 No | 9 |
| 1970s | 439,325 No | 367,943 No | 501,153 No | 10 |
| 1980s | 490,824 No | 364,000 No | 560,000 No | 10 |
| 1990s | 415,768 No | 339,000 No | 489,000 No | 10 |
| 2000s | 368,100 No | 340,000 No | 428,000 No | 10 |
| 2010s | 453,362 No | 230,000 No | 668,672 No | 10 |
| 2020s | 534,427 No | 500,220 No | 557,726 No | 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 bees — stocks in Australia?
- Bees — stocks in Australia was 500,220 No in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bees — stocks recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 668,672 No in 2018.
- What is the lowest bees — stocks recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 230,000 No in 2012.
- How does Australia rank for bees — stocks?
- Australia ranks 38th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bees — stocks rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. 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 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.