Cereals, primary — Yield in Australia
Australia: Cereals, primary — Yield was 2,690 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cereals, primary — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, cereals, primary — yield in Australia stood at 2,690 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 34.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals, primary — yield in Australia peaked at 3,278 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 830.8 kg/ha, in 1967.
Australia ranks 99th of 178 countries on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,084 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,217 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1963 | 1,285 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1964 | 1,324 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 983.5 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1966 | 1,442 kg/ha | +46.6% |
| 1967 | 830.8 kg/ha | -42.4% |
| 1968 | 1,339 kg/ha | +61.1% |
| 1969 | 1,115 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1970 | 1,218 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1971 | 1,270 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1972 | 933.1 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1973 | 1,318 kg/ha | +41.3% |
| 1974 | 1,394 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1975 | 1,414 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1976 | 1,346 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1977 | 987.5 kg/ha | -26.6% |
| 1978 | 1,680 kg/ha | +70.1% |
| 1979 | 1,510 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1980 | 1,052 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 1981 | 1,402 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1982 | 875.6 kg/ha | -37.5% |
| 1983 | 1,646 kg/ha | +88.0% |
| 1984 | 1,609 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1985 | 1,453 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1986 | 1,522 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1987 | 1,436 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1988 | 1,629 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1989 | 1,676 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1990 | 1,716 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 1,591 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1992 | 1,892 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 1993 | 1,982 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1994 | 1,276 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 1995 | 1,860 kg/ha | +45.8% |
| 1996 | 2,086 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 1,944 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1998 | 1,960 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1999 | 2,104 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 1,961 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 2,220 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 2002 | 1,117 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 2003 | 2,068 kg/ha | +85.2% |
| 2004 | 1,711 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2005 | 2,080 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2006 | 1,088 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 2007 | 1,218 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2008 | 1,688 kg/ha | +38.6% |
| 2009 | 1,686 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,060 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2011 | 2,208 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2012 | 1,922 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2013 | 2,194 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2014 | 1,999 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 2015 | 2,098 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2016 | 2,670 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2017 | 2,044 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2018 | 1,818 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2019 | 1,666 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 2,516 kg/ha | +51.0% |
| 2021 | 2,817 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2022 | 3,278 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 2023 | 2,691 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2024 | 2,690 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 2,690 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 5,104 kg/ha, 53% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Australia's 2,690 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 3,779 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,180 kg/ha | 830.8 kg/ha | 1,442 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,307 kg/ha | 933.1 kg/ha | 1,680 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,430 kg/ha | 875.6 kg/ha | 1,676 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,841 kg/ha | 1,276 kg/ha | 2,104 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,684 kg/ha | 1,088 kg/ha | 2,220 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,068 kg/ha | 1,666 kg/ha | 2,670 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,798 kg/ha | 2,516 kg/ha | 3,278 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals, primary — yield in Australia?
- Cereals, primary — yield in Australia was 2,690 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,278 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest cereals, primary — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 830.8 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Australia rank for cereals, primary — yield?
- Australia ranks 99th out of 178 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cereals, primary — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.5%. 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 — 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.