Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Australia
Australia: Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield was 1,866 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Broad beans and horse 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 broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Australia is 1,866 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 15.6% on the previous year and down 13.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Australia peaked at 2,250 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 269.1 kg/ha, in 1983.
That places Australia 41st out of 73 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.
Broad beans and horse beans, dry — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 392.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,220 kg/ha | +210.8% |
| 1963 | 886.4 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1964 | 901 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 1,119 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1966 | 1,262 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1967 | 623.8 kg/ha | -50.6% |
| 1968 | 495 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 1969 | 465.3 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1970 | 574.3 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 1971 | 550 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1972 | 575 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1973 | 643.8 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1974 | 634.9 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1975 | 634.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 367.7 kg/ha | -42.0% |
| 1977 | 449.7 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1979 | 600 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1980 | 850 kg/ha | +41.7% |
| 1981 | 796.5 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 542.6 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1983 | 269.1 kg/ha | -50.4% |
| 1984 | 308.4 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1985 | 1,479 kg/ha | +379.7% |
| 1986 | 1,655 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1987 | 1,426 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 1988 | 1,244 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1989 | 1,611 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1990 | 1,056 kg/ha | -34.4% |
| 1991 | 1,108 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1992 | 1,207 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 1,552 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1994 | 581.4 kg/ha | -62.5% |
| 1995 | 1,587 kg/ha | +173.0% |
| 1996 | 1,761 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1997 | 1,051 kg/ha | -40.3% |
| 1998 | 1,436 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1999 | 1,542 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 1,421 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 1,944 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 2002 | 841.4 kg/ha | -56.7% |
| 2003 | 1,787 kg/ha | +112.4% |
| 2004 | 861.2 kg/ha | -51.8% |
| 2005 | 1,798 kg/ha | +108.8% |
| 2006 | 578.7 kg/ha | -67.8% |
| 2007 | 1,038 kg/ha | +79.3% |
| 2008 | 1,076 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2009 | 1,684 kg/ha | +56.6% |
| 2010 | 1,994 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2011 | 1,770 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 2012 | 1,859 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2013 | 2,154 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2014 | 2,154 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,732 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2016 | 1,208 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 2017 | 2,078 kg/ha | +71.9% |
| 2018 | 1,328 kg/ha | -36.1% |
| 2019 | 997.6 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 2020 | 1,456 kg/ha | +46.0% |
| 2021 | 2,250 kg/ha | +54.5% |
| 2022 | 2,248 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,212 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 1,866 kg/ha | -15.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,866 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,273 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Broad beans and horse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +379.7% | 308.4 kg/ha | 1,479 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +210.8% | 392.5 kg/ha | 1,220 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 818.3 kg/ha | 392.5 kg/ha | 1,262 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 552.98 kg/ha | 367.7 kg/ha | 643.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,018 kg/ha | 269.1 kg/ha | 1,655 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,288 kg/ha | 581.4 kg/ha | 1,761 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,303 kg/ha | 578.7 kg/ha | 1,944 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,728 kg/ha | 997.6 kg/ha | 2,154 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,007 kg/ha | 1,456 kg/ha | 2,250 kg/ha | 5 |
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- 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 broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Australia?
- Broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield in Australia was 1,866 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,250 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 269.1 kg/ha in 1983.
- How does Australia rank for broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield?
- Australia ranks 41st out of 73 countries with data for 2024.
- Is broad beans and horse beans, dry — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.4%. 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 Broad beans and horse 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.