Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested was 482,704 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 482,704 ha for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 37.7% on the previous year and up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 774,442 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 16,595 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 15th out of 133 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 16,595 ha | — |
| 1962 | 28,699 ha | +72.9% |
| 1963 | 32,786 ha | +14.2% |
| 1964 | 32,912 ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 32,224 ha | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 39,189 ha | +21.6% |
| 1967 | 38,479 ha | -1.8% |
| 1968 | 48,464 ha | +25.9% |
| 1969 | 49,509 ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 48,700 ha | -1.6% |
| 1971 | 51,705 ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 54,300 ha | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 57,810 ha | +6.5% |
| 1974 | 55,910 ha | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 50,710 ha | -9.3% |
| 1976 | 42,010 ha | -17.2% |
| 1977 | 47,505 ha | +13.1% |
| 1978 | 53,816 ha | +13.3% |
| 1979 | 59,956 ha | +11.4% |
| 1980 | 85,008 ha | +41.8% |
| 1981 | 91,600 ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 111,500 ha | +21.7% |
| 1983 | 102,500 ha | -8.1% |
| 1984 | 143,400 ha | +39.9% |
| 1985 | 189,100 ha | +31.9% |
| 1986 | 181,000 ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 160,000 ha | -11.6% |
| 1988 | 248,600 ha | +55.4% |
| 1989 | 198,100 ha | -20.3% |
| 1990 | 243,622 ha | +23.0% |
| 1991 | 282,101 ha | +15.8% |
| 1992 | 316,300 ha | +12.1% |
| 1993 | 290,133 ha | -8.3% |
| 1994 | 298,500 ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 250,907 ha | -15.9% |
| 1996 | 308,900 ha | +23.1% |
| 1997 | 401,810 ha | +30.1% |
| 1998 | 443,700 ha | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 571,096 ha | +28.7% |
| 2000 | 470,300 ha | -17.6% |
| 2001 | 533,335 ha | +13.4% |
| 2002 | 415,200 ha | -22.2% |
| 2003 | 230,589 ha | -44.5% |
| 2004 | 204,130 ha | -11.5% |
| 2005 | 327,093 ha | +60.2% |
| 2006 | 341,700 ha | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 149,800 ha | -56.2% |
| 2008 | 68,903 ha | -54.0% |
| 2009 | 170,846 ha | +148.0% |
| 2010 | 215,118 ha | +25.9% |
| 2011 | 595,238 ha | +176.7% |
| 2012 | 603,566 ha | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 451,193 ha | -25.2% |
| 2014 | 397,272 ha | -12.0% |
| 2015 | 204,359 ha | -48.6% |
| 2016 | 287,917 ha | +40.9% |
| 2017 | 526,249 ha | +82.8% |
| 2018 | 492,531 ha | -6.4% |
| 2019 | 310,733 ha | -36.9% |
| 2020 | 77,035 ha | -75.2% |
| 2021 | 282,729 ha | +267.0% |
| 2022 | 557,406 ha | +97.2% |
| 2023 | 774,442 ha | +38.9% |
| 2024 | 482,704 ha | -37.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +267.0% | 77,035 ha | 282,729 ha |
| 2011 | +176.7% | 215,118 ha | 595,238 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35,429 ha | 16,595 ha | 49,509 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 52,242 ha | 42,010 ha | 59,956 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 151,081 ha | 85,008 ha | 248,600 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 340,707 ha | 243,622 ha | 571,096 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 291,190 ha | 68,903 ha | 533,335 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 408,418 ha | 204,359 ha | 603,566 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 434,863 ha | 77,035 ha | 774,442 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 12 Nigeria 589,825 ha compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4,723 ha compare
- 13 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 3,732 ha compare
- 13 Turkmenistan 580,030 ha compare
- 14 Benin 535,579 ha compare
- 14 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,721 ha compare
- 15 Polynesia 77 ha compare
- 16 Australia 474,900 ha compare
- 17 Ethiopia 416,215 ha compare
- 18 Ethiopia PDR 265,959 ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 482,704 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 774,442 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,595 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 15th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Area harvested. 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.