Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Australia
Australia: Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield was 12,316 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Australia is 12,316 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and down 10.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Australia peaked at 37,367 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 9,227 kg/ha, in 1998.
Australia ranks 57th of 97 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Cauliflowers and broccoli — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 28,532 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,959 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 27,522 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1964 | 26,862 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1965 | 28,418 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1966 | 30,449 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1967 | 29,420 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1968 | 27,342 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1969 | 33,655 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 1970 | 32,596 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1971 | 30,822 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1972 | 30,230 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1973 | 24,886 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1974 | 24,474 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1975 | 27,206 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 27,578 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1977 | 32,659 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 1978 | 37,367 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1979 | 29,073 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1980 | 28,476 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1981 | 27,344 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1982 | 18,386 kg/ha | -32.8% |
| 1983 | 18,530 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1984 | 20,234 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1985 | 18,974 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1986 | 15,658 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 1987 | 18,095 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1988 | 13,589 kg/ha | -24.9% |
| 1989 | 14,068 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1990 | 14,498 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1991 | 12,855 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1992 | 12,244 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1993 | 11,667 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1994 | 11,172 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1995 | 10,389 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1996 | 9,944 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 9,576 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 9,227 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 10,689 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2000 | 10,923 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 10,762 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2002 | 11,193 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2003 | 11,472 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2004 | 12,385 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 2005 | 12,218 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 13,235 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2007 | 10,809 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2008 | 11,289 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2009 | 11,237 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 11,488 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 11,368 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 12,128 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2013 | 12,592 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 13,757 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2015 | 12,900 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 12,560 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 12,136 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 11,671 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2019 | 11,906 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 12,560 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 12,700 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 12,304 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 12,293 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 12,316 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 12,316 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 13,150 kg/ha, 94% of the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Australia's 12,316 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,581 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,018 kg/ha | 26,862 kg/ha | 33,655 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,689 kg/ha | 24,474 kg/ha | 37,367 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 19,335 kg/ha | 13,589 kg/ha | 28,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,226 kg/ha | 9,227 kg/ha | 14,498 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,552 kg/ha | 10,762 kg/ha | 13,235 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,251 kg/ha | 11,368 kg/ha | 13,757 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,435 kg/ha | 12,293 kg/ha | 12,700 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 cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Australia?
- Cauliflowers and broccoli — yield in Australia was 12,316 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cauliflowers and broccoli — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 37,367 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest cauliflowers and broccoli — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,227 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Australia rank for cauliflowers and broccoli — yield?
- Australia ranks 57th out of 97 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cauliflowers and broccoli — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cauliflowers and broccoli — 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.