Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 1,775 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Australia and New Zealand stood at 1,775 kg/ha.
The figure is up 33.2% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 2,201 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 203 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Australia and New Zealand 21st out of 131 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 220.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 276 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1963 | 203 kg/ha | -26.4% |
| 1964 | 229 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1965 | 427.1 kg/ha | +86.5% |
| 1966 | 598.3 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1967 | 533.5 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1968 | 732.7 kg/ha | +37.3% |
| 1969 | 723.8 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 621.2 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1971 | 412 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 1972 | 770.1 kg/ha | +86.9% |
| 1973 | 543.3 kg/ha | -29.5% |
| 1974 | 556.1 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1975 | 661.9 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1976 | 622.4 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1977 | 617.4 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 816.4 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 1979 | 812.8 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 931.2 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 1981 | 1,016 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 1,128 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1983 | 886 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1984 | 819.6 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1985 | 1,228 kg/ha | +49.8% |
| 1986 | 1,261 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1987 | 1,213 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1988 | 995.2 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 1989 | 1,264 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1990 | 1,151 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1991 | 1,410 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1992 | 1,447 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1993 | 1,136 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 1994 | 983.4 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1995 | 1,193 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1996 | 1,159 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 1,288 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1998 | 1,274 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 1,072 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2000 | 1,336 kg/ha | +24.7% |
| 2001 | 1,291 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 1,488 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2003 | 1,430 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 1,460 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 1,676 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 2006 | 1,486 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2007 | 1,632 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2008 | 1,675 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 1,649 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 1,544 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2011 | 1,297 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2012 | 1,721 kg/ha | +32.7% |
| 2013 | 1,914 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2014 | 1,892 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 2,201 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2016 | 1,860 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2017 | 1,438 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2018 | 1,749 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 2019 | 1,308 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 2020 | 1,367 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 1,809 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2022 | 1,788 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 1,332 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 2024 | 1,775 kg/ha | +33.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 438.18 kg/ha | 203 kg/ha | 732.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 643.36 kg/ha | 412 kg/ha | 816.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,074 kg/ha | 819.6 kg/ha | 1,264 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,211 kg/ha | 983.4 kg/ha | 1,447 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,512 kg/ha | 1,291 kg/ha | 1,676 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,692 kg/ha | 1,297 kg/ha | 2,201 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,614 kg/ha | 1,332 kg/ha | 1,809 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
More agriculture & rural data for Australia and New Zealand
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 31.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.8937 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 30.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -8.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -11.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.6997 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 9.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 8.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Australia and New Zealand?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Australia and New Zealand was 1,775 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2,201 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 203 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 21st out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.