Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Oceania
Oceania: Cereals, primary — Area harvested was 19.60 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Oceania, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Oceania recorded 19.60 million ha for cereals, primary — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 21.3% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — area harvested in Oceania peaked at 21.00 million ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 8.58 million ha, in 1961.
That places Oceania 19th out of 29 groups 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.
Cereals, primary — Area harvested in Oceania, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8.58 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 9.30 million ha | +8.3% |
| 1963 | 9.35 million ha | +0.5% |
| 1964 | 9.97 million ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 9.99 million ha | +0.2% |
| 1966 | 11.65 million ha | +16.6% |
| 1967 | 12.04 million ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 14.35 million ha | +19.1% |
| 1969 | 13.01 million ha | -9.3% |
| 1970 | 10.81 million ha | -16.9% |
| 1971 | 11.92 million ha | +10.3% |
| 1972 | 11.80 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1973 | 13.11 million ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 11.95 million ha | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 12.78 million ha | +7.0% |
| 1976 | 13.21 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 14.83 million ha | +12.3% |
| 1978 | 15.26 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 15.68 million ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 15.80 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1981 | 17.11 million ha | +8.3% |
| 1982 | 16.41 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1983 | 19.08 million ha | +16.3% |
| 1984 | 18.02 million ha | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 17.44 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 16.06 million ha | -7.9% |
| 1987 | 14.10 million ha | -12.2% |
| 1988 | 13.62 million ha | -3.4% |
| 1989 | 13.52 million ha | -0.7% |
| 1990 | 13.62 million ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 11.96 million ha | -12.2% |
| 1992 | 13.45 million ha | +12.5% |
| 1993 | 13.70 million ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 12.31 million ha | -10.1% |
| 1995 | 14.72 million ha | +19.6% |
| 1996 | 16.79 million ha | +14.1% |
| 1997 | 16.27 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 16.80 million ha | +3.2% |
| 1999 | 16.93 million ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 17.67 million ha | +4.4% |
| 2001 | 17.65 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 17.65 million ha | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 20.03 million ha | +13.5% |
| 2004 | 20.46 million ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 19.24 million ha | -6.0% |
| 2006 | 18.51 million ha | -3.8% |
| 2007 | 19.98 million ha | +7.9% |
| 2008 | 21.00 million ha | +5.1% |
| 2009 | 20.59 million ha | -2.0% |
| 2010 | 19.14 million ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 19.55 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 18.59 million ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 18.32 million ha | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 18.29 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 17.39 million ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 18.96 million ha | +9.0% |
| 2017 | 16.70 million ha | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 16.63 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 16.61 million ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 19.73 million ha | +18.8% |
| 2021 | 19.63 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 18.31 million ha | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 16.15 million ha | -11.8% |
| 2024 | 19.60 million ha | +21.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10.92 million ha | 8.58 million ha | 14.35 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13.14 million ha | 10.81 million ha | 15.68 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.12 million ha | 13.52 million ha | 19.08 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14.65 million ha | 11.96 million ha | 16.93 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.28 million ha | 17.65 million ha | 21.00 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.02 million ha | 16.61 million ha | 19.55 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 18.68 million ha | 16.15 million ha | 19.73 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Oceania
- 16 Bangladesh 12.27 million ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 62,493 ha compare
- 17 Ethiopia 12.07 million ha compare
- 17 Melanesia 11,188 ha compare
- 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 169 ha compare
- 18 Sudan 11.59 million ha compare
- 18 Micronesia 169 ha compare
- 19 Ukraine 10.81 million ha compare
- 20 Niger 10.33 million ha compare
- 21 Sudan (former) 9.93 million ha compare
- 22 Mexico 8.70 million ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — area harvested in Oceania?
- Cereals, primary — area harvested in Oceania was 19.60 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Oceania?
- The highest recorded value was 21.00 million ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — area harvested recorded in Oceania?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.58 million ha in 1961.
- How does Oceania rank for cereals, primary — area harvested?
- Oceania ranks 19th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — area harvested rising or falling in Oceania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Oceania data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — 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.