Cereals, primary — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Cereals, primary — Production was 53.45 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — production in Australia and New Zealand stood at 53.45 million t.
The figure is up 21.2% on the previous year and up 43.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 60.58 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9.54 million t, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 14th out of 178 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Cereals, primary — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9.54 million t | — |
| 1962 | 11.49 million t | +20.5% |
| 1963 | 12.20 million t | +6.1% |
| 1964 | 13.46 million t | +10.4% |
| 1965 | 10.11 million t | -24.8% |
| 1966 | 17.06 million t | +68.7% |
| 1967 | 10.41 million t | -39.0% |
| 1968 | 19.66 million t | +88.8% |
| 1969 | 15.05 million t | -23.4% |
| 1970 | 13.49 million t | -10.4% |
| 1971 | 15.59 million t | +15.6% |
| 1972 | 11.68 million t | -25.1% |
| 1973 | 17.83 million t | +52.7% |
| 1974 | 16.99 million t | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 18.44 million t | +8.5% |
| 1976 | 18.37 million t | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 15.33 million t | -16.6% |
| 1978 | 26.10 million t | +70.3% |
| 1979 | 24.15 million t | -7.5% |
| 1980 | 17.16 million t | -29.0% |
| 1981 | 24.50 million t | +42.8% |
| 1982 | 15.07 million t | -38.5% |
| 1983 | 31.94 million t | +112.0% |
| 1984 | 29.72 million t | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 26.13 million t | -12.1% |
| 1986 | 25.19 million t | -3.6% |
| 1987 | 20.90 million t | -17.0% |
| 1988 | 22.66 million t | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 23.05 million t | +1.7% |
| 1990 | 23.92 million t | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 19.57 million t | -18.2% |
| 1992 | 25.89 million t | +32.4% |
| 1993 | 27.62 million t | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 16.33 million t | -40.9% |
| 1995 | 27.85 million t | +70.5% |
| 1996 | 35.57 million t | +27.7% |
| 1997 | 32.26 million t | -9.3% |
| 1998 | 33.49 million t | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 36.19 million t | +8.0% |
| 2000 | 35.23 million t | -2.7% |
| 2001 | 39.77 million t | +12.9% |
| 2002 | 20.47 million t | -48.5% |
| 2003 | 42.08 million t | +105.5% |
| 2004 | 35.54 million t | -15.5% |
| 2005 | 40.62 million t | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 20.80 million t | -48.8% |
| 2007 | 25.10 million t | +20.7% |
| 2008 | 36.21 million t | +44.2% |
| 2009 | 35.55 million t | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 40.14 million t | +12.9% |
| 2011 | 43.83 million t | +9.2% |
| 2012 | 36.59 million t | -16.5% |
| 2013 | 40.98 million t | +12.0% |
| 2014 | 37.37 million t | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 37.29 million t | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 51.35 million t | +37.7% |
| 2017 | 34.82 million t | -32.2% |
| 2018 | 30.97 million t | -11.1% |
| 2019 | 28.46 million t | -8.1% |
| 2020 | 50.35 million t | +76.9% |
| 2021 | 55.96 million t | +11.1% |
| 2022 | 60.58 million t | +8.3% |
| 2023 | 44.11 million t | -27.2% |
| 2024 | 53.45 million t | +21.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13.22 million t | 9.54 million t | 19.66 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17.80 million t | 11.68 million t | 26.10 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 23.63 million t | 15.07 million t | 31.94 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 27.87 million t | 16.33 million t | 36.19 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 33.14 million t | 20.47 million t | 42.08 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 38.18 million t | 28.46 million t | 51.35 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 52.89 million t | 44.11 million t | 60.58 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 4.27 million t compare
- 11 Pakistan 55.93 million t compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3.74 million t compare
- 12 Ukraine 55.65 million t compare
- 13 France 53.55 million t compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 3.49 million t compare
- 15 Australia 52.35 million t compare
- 15 Republic of Moldova 2.13 million t compare
- 16 Germany 38.98 million t compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 132,000 t compare
- 17 Thailand 38.64 million t compare
- 17 Melanesia 40,947 t compare
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- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 12.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 10.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 4.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Cereals, primary — production in Australia and New Zealand was 53.45 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 60.58 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.54 million t in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for cereals, primary — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 14th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals, primary — Production. 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.