Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Australia
Australia: Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield was 1,795 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Australia is 1,795 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.9% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Australia peaked at 2,264 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 150.8 kg/ha, in 1963.
Australia ranks 20th of 131 countries on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 210.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 267.6 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1963 | 150.8 kg/ha | -43.6% |
| 1964 | 197.7 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1965 | 600.2 kg/ha | +203.6% |
| 1966 | 836.3 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 1967 | 752.8 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 971.1 kg/ha | +29.0% |
| 1969 | 949.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1970 | 801.5 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1971 | 481.5 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1972 | 950.5 kg/ha | +97.4% |
| 1973 | 635 kg/ha | -33.2% |
| 1974 | 656.4 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 788.2 kg/ha | +20.1% |
| 1976 | 769.3 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 739.7 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1978 | 978.5 kg/ha | +32.3% |
| 1979 | 924.9 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 1,022 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 1,090 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1982 | 1,196 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1983 | 925.6 kg/ha | -22.6% |
| 1984 | 844.4 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1985 | 1,260 kg/ha | +49.2% |
| 1986 | 1,284 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 1,238 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 1,007 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1989 | 1,284 kg/ha | +27.5% |
| 1990 | 1,165 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1991 | 1,421 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1992 | 1,462 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1993 | 1,146 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1994 | 991.7 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1995 | 1,207 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 1996 | 1,170 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1997 | 1,299 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 1,284 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 1,078 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2000 | 1,347 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 1,300 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 1,503 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 2003 | 1,454 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 1,489 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 1,699 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2006 | 1,504 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 1,680 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2008 | 1,790 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2009 | 1,697 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2010 | 1,578 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2011 | 1,306 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2012 | 1,735 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 2013 | 1,936 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2014 | 1,917 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 2,264 kg/ha | +18.1% |
| 2016 | 1,896 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2017 | 1,452 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 2018 | 1,768 kg/ha | +21.8% |
| 2019 | 1,326 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 2020 | 1,452 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 1,845 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2022 | 1,806 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 1,340 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 2024 | 1,795 kg/ha | +33.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,795 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,088 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1,795 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 916.6 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — Yield in Australia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +203.6% | 197.7 kg/ha | 600.2 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 548.52 kg/ha | 150.8 kg/ha | 971.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 772.55 kg/ha | 481.5 kg/ha | 978.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,115 kg/ha | 844.4 kg/ha | 1,284 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,222 kg/ha | 991.7 kg/ha | 1,462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,546 kg/ha | 1,300 kg/ha | 1,790 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,718 kg/ha | 1,306 kg/ha | 2,264 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,648 kg/ha | 1,340 kg/ha | 1,845 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 fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Australia?
- Fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield in Australia was 1,795 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?
- The highest recorded value was 2,264 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 150.8 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Australia rank for fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield?
- Australia ranks 20th out of 131 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fibre crops, fibre equivalent — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. 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 Fibre Crops, Fibre Equivalent — 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.