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 104th of 193 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.
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
- 101 Australia and New Zealand 2,729 kg/ha compare
- 102 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,725 kg/ha compare
- 103 Montenegro 2,700 kg/ha compare
- 105 Lebanon 2,661 kg/ha compare
- 106 Iraq 2,651 kg/ha compare
- 107 Ghana 2,632 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
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 104th out of 193 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.