What is cereals, primary — production in Australia?

Cereals, primary — production in Australia was 52.35 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.

What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Australia?

The highest recorded value was 59.61 million t in 2022.

What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Australia?

The lowest recorded value was 9.15 million t in 1961.

How does Australia rank for cereals, primary — production?

Australia ranks 15th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.

Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Australia?

Over the last ten years it is up 44.3%. 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 Cereals, primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Cereals, primary — Production in Australia

Name: Cereals, primary — Production in Australia
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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Australia: Cereals, primary — Production was 52.35 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

52.35 million t

Change on year

up 21.4%

World rank

15th

of 178 countries

All-time high

59.61 million t

in 2022

All-time low

9.15 million t

in 1961

Years of data

1961–2024

Cereals, primary — Production in Australia, 1961–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

In 2024, cereals, primary — production in Australia stood at 52.35 million t.

The figure is up 21.4% on the previous year and up 44.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals, primary — production in Australia peaked at 59.61 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9.15 million t, in 1961.

Australia ranks 15th of 178 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Cereals, primary — Production in Australia, year by year

Annual values for Cereals, primary — Production in Australia, 1961 to 2024.
Year	t	Change
1961	9.15 million t	—
1962	11.14 million t	+21.8%
1963	11.81 million t	+6.0%
1964	13.00 million t	+10.1%
1965	9.68 million t	-25.5%
1966	16.59 million t	+71.3%
1967	9.87 million t	-40.5%
1968	18.91 million t	+91.5%
1969	14.25 million t	-24.6%
1970	12.90 million t	-9.4%
1971	14.84 million t	+15.0%
1972	10.78 million t	-27.3%
1973	17.00 million t	+57.7%
1974	16.37 million t	-3.7%
1975	17.77 million t	+8.5%
1976	17.45 million t	-1.8%
1977	14.42 million t	-17.4%
1978	25.27 million t	+75.3%
1979	23.34 million t	-7.6%
1980	16.40 million t	-29.7%
1981	23.70 million t	+44.5%
1982	14.19 million t	-40.2%
1983	31.07 million t	+119.0%
1984	28.60 million t	-7.9%
1985	24.94 million t	-12.8%
1986	24.00 million t	-3.8%
1987	19.90 million t	-17.1%
1988	21.89 million t	+10.0%
1989	22.38 million t	+2.2%
1990	23.05 million t	+3.0%
1991	18.76 million t	-18.6%
1992	25.16 million t	+34.1%
1993	26.82 million t	+6.6%
1994	15.49 million t	-42.2%
1995	27.10 million t	+75.0%
1996	34.66 million t	+27.9%
1997	31.28 million t	-9.8%
1998	32.62 million t	+4.3%
1999	35.31 million t	+8.3%
2000	34.37 million t	-2.7%
2001	38.83 million t	+13.0%
2002	19.53 million t	-49.7%
2003	41.13 million t	+110.6%
2004	34.78 million t	-15.4%
2005	39.75 million t	+14.3%
2006	20.01 million t	-49.7%
2007	24.18 million t	+20.8%
2008	35.21 million t	+45.6%
2009	34.42 million t	-2.2%
2010	39.14 million t	+13.7%
2011	42.83 million t	+9.4%
2012	35.42 million t	-17.3%
2013	39.87 million t	+12.6%
2014	36.28 million t	-9.0%
2015	36.18 million t	-0.3%
2016	50.25 million t	+38.9%
2017	33.88 million t	-32.6%
2018	29.99 million t	-11.5%
2019	27.44 million t	-8.5%
2020	49.33 million t	+79.8%
2021	54.96 million t	+11.4%
2022	59.61 million t	+8.5%
2023	43.12 million t	-27.7%
2024	52.35 million t	+21.4%

Australia compared with similar countries

Australia's 52.35 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.60 million t, 32.7× the median. (50 countries reporting)
Australia's 52.35 million t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 6.75 million t, 7.8× the median. (16 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	12.71 million t	9.15 million t	18.91 million t	9
1970s	17.01 million t	10.78 million t	25.27 million t	10
1980s	22.71 million t	14.19 million t	31.07 million t	10
1990s	27.03 million t	15.49 million t	35.31 million t	10
2000s	32.22 million t	19.53 million t	41.13 million t	10
2010s	37.13 million t	27.44 million t	50.25 million t	10
2020s	51.87 million t	43.12 million t	59.61 million t	5

Countries ranked near Australia

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
14 Australia and New Zealand 53.45 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
18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 289.81 t compare
18 Poland 34.35 million t compare
18 Micronesia 289.81 t compare

See the full ranking of 226 places →

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)

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals, primary — production in Australia?: Cereals, primary — production in Australia was 52.35 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Australia?: The highest recorded value was 59.61 million t in 2022.
What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Australia?: The lowest recorded value was 9.15 million t in 1961.
How does Australia rank for cereals, primary — production?: Australia ranks 15th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Australia?: Over the last ten years it is up 44.3%. 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 Cereals, primary — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Cereals, primary — Production
Unit: t
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 226 places, 12,898 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 13 August 2026

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.