Canary seed — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Canary seed — Area harvested was 7,242 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Canary seed — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for canary seed — area harvested in Australia is 7,242 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, canary seed — area harvested in Australia peaked at 31,054 ha in 1977 and was at its lowest, 1,796 ha, in 1966.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,888 ha | 1,796 ha | 27,844 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,873 ha | 6,260 ha | 31,054 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,040 ha | 6,275 ha | 15,199 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,526 ha | 4,441 ha | 11,844 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,731 ha | 5,000 ha | 8,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,559 ha | 7,414 ha | 8,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,332 ha | 7,242 ha | 7,444 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is canary seed — area harvested in Australia?
- Canary seed — area harvested in Australia was 7,242 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest canary seed — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 31,054 ha in 1977.
- What is the lowest canary seed — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,796 ha in 1966.
- How does Australia rank for canary seed — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 4th out of 13 countries with data for 2024.
- Is canary seed — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Canary seed — 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.