Cereals, primary — Yield in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,729 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cereals, primary — yield in Australia and New Zealand is 2,729 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 33.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 3,310 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 865.6 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Australia and New Zealand 97th out of 178 countries 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 — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,114 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,238 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1963 | 1,307 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1964 | 1,351 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 1,014 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1966 | 1,466 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 1967 | 865.6 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1968 | 1,372 kg/ha | +58.4% |
| 1969 | 1,158 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1970 | 1,250 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1971 | 1,310 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1972 | 990.2 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1973 | 1,361 kg/ha | +37.4% |
| 1974 | 1,424 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 1,444 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 1,392 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 1,034 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1978 | 1,712 kg/ha | +65.5% |
| 1979 | 1,542 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1980 | 1,087 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1981 | 1,434 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1982 | 919 kg/ha | -35.9% |
| 1983 | 1,675 kg/ha | +82.3% |
| 1984 | 1,651 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 1,500 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 1,571 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 1,484 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1988 | 1,666 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1989 | 1,707 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1990 | 1,758 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1991 | 1,638 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 1,927 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 1993 | 2,019 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 1,328 kg/ha | -34.2% |
| 1995 | 1,894 kg/ha | +42.6% |
| 1996 | 2,121 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1997 | 1,984 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 1,996 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 2,138 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2000 | 1,994 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2001 | 2,255 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 2002 | 1,161 kg/ha | -48.5% |
| 2003 | 2,102 kg/ha | +81.1% |
| 2004 | 1,738 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2005 | 2,112 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2006 | 1,124 kg/ha | -46.8% |
| 2007 | 1,258 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 1,725 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 2009 | 1,728 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,098 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2011 | 2,242 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2012 | 1,970 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2013 | 2,238 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2014 | 2,044 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 2,145 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 2,710 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 2017 | 2,086 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 2018 | 1,864 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2019 | 1,715 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2020 | 2,553 kg/ha | +48.9% |
| 2021 | 2,852 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2022 | 3,310 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2023 | 2,733 kg/ha | -17.4% |
| 2024 | 2,729 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,209 kg/ha | 865.6 kg/ha | 1,466 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,346 kg/ha | 990.2 kg/ha | 1,712 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,469 kg/ha | 919 kg/ha | 1,707 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,880 kg/ha | 1,328 kg/ha | 2,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,720 kg/ha | 1,124 kg/ha | 2,255 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,111 kg/ha | 1,715 kg/ha | 2,710 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,835 kg/ha | 2,553 kg/ha | 3,310 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Australia and New Zealand?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Australia and New Zealand was 2,729 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 3,310 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 865.6 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 97th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.5%. 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 — Yield. 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.