Cereals, primary — Production in Oceania

Oceania: Cereals, primary — Production was 53.49 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
53.49 million t
Change on year
up 21.2%
Rank
21st
of 29 groups
All-time high
60.62 million t
in 2022
All-time low
9.57 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Cereals, primary — Production in Oceania, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for cereals, primary — production in Oceania is 53.49 million t, measured in 2024.

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 Oceania peaked at 60.62 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 9.57 million t, in 1961.

That places Oceania 21st 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 — Production in Oceania, year by year

Annual values for Cereals, primary — Production in Oceania, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 9.57 million t —
1962 11.52 million t +20.4%
1963 12.22 million t +6.1%
1964 13.48 million t +10.3%
1965 10.13 million t -24.8%
1966 17.08 million t +68.6%
1967 10.43 million t -38.9%
1968 19.69 million t +88.7%
1969 15.08 million t -23.4%
1970 13.51 million t -10.4%
1971 15.62 million t +15.6%
1972 11.70 million t -25.1%
1973 17.85 million t +52.6%
1974 17.01 million t -4.7%
1975 18.47 million t +8.6%
1976 18.40 million t -0.4%
1977 15.36 million t -16.5%
1978 26.13 million t +70.2%
1979 24.19 million t -7.4%
1980 17.20 million t -28.9%
1981 24.54 million t +42.7%
1982 15.11 million t -38.4%
1983 31.98 million t +111.7%
1984 29.76 million t -6.9%
1985 26.17 million t -12.1%
1986 25.23 million t -3.6%
1987 20.93 million t -17.0%
1988 22.70 million t +8.5%
1989 23.08 million t +1.7%
1990 23.95 million t +3.8%
1991 19.60 million t -18.2%
1992 25.93 million t +32.3%
1993 27.66 million t +6.7%
1994 16.36 million t -40.8%
1995 27.89 million t +70.4%
1996 35.60 million t +27.7%
1997 32.29 million t -9.3%
1998 33.51 million t +3.8%
1999 36.22 million t +8.1%
2000 35.26 million t -2.6%
2001 39.80 million t +12.9%
2002 20.50 million t -48.5%
2003 42.11 million t +105.4%
2004 35.58 million t -15.5%
2005 40.66 million t +14.3%
2006 20.83 million t -48.8%
2007 25.14 million t +20.7%
2008 36.24 million t +44.2%
2009 35.58 million t -1.8%
2010 40.17 million t +12.9%
2011 43.86 million t +9.2%
2012 36.62 million t -16.5%
2013 41.01 million t +12.0%
2014 37.41 million t -8.8%
2015 37.33 million t -0.2%
2016 51.39 million t +37.7%
2017 34.86 million t -32.2%
2018 31.01 million t -11.1%
2019 28.50 million t -8.1%
2020 50.40 million t +76.9%
2021 56.00 million t +11.1%
2022 60.62 million t +8.3%
2023 44.14 million t -27.2%
2024 53.49 million t +21.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 13.24 million t 9.57 million t 19.69 million t 9
1970s 17.83 million t 11.70 million t 26.13 million t 10
1980s 23.67 million t 15.11 million t 31.98 million t 10
1990s 27.90 million t 16.36 million t 36.22 million t 10
2000s 33.17 million t 20.50 million t 42.11 million t 10
2010s 38.22 million t 28.50 million t 51.39 million t 10
2020s 52.93 million t 44.14 million t 60.62 million t 5

Countries ranked near Oceania

  1. 18 Micronesia (Federated States of) 289.81 t compare
  2. 18 Poland 34.35 million t compare
  3. 18 Micronesia 289.81 t compare
  4. 19 Mexico 32.64 million t compare
  5. 20 Ethiopia 31.76 million t compare
  6. 21 Myanmar 30.13 million t compare
  7. 22 Nigeria 28.47 million t compare
  8. 23 Philippines 27.23 million t compare
  9. 24 Kazakhstan 24.57 million t compare

See the full ranking of 226 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals, primary — production in Oceania?
Cereals, primary — production in Oceania was 53.49 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals, primary — production recorded in Oceania?
The highest recorded value was 60.62 million t in 2022.
What is the lowest cereals, primary — production recorded in Oceania?
The lowest recorded value was 9.57 million t in 1961.
How does Oceania rank for cereals, primary — production?
Oceania ranks 21st out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
Is cereals, primary — production rising or falling in Oceania?
Over the last ten years it is up 43.0%. 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 — 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
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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.