Figs — Yield in Australia
Australia: Figs — Yield was 1,003 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Figs — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for figs — yield in Australia is 1,003 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, figs — yield in Australia peaked at 12,367 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 987.7 kg/ha, in 2022.
Australia ranks 50th of 51 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Figs — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,932 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,037 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1963 | 7,365 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1964 | 7,632 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 7,548 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1966 | 7,725 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1967 | 8,569 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1968 | 9,780 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1969 | 8,814 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1970 | 10,854 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1971 | 8,480 kg/ha | -21.9% |
| 1972 | 8,244 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1973 | 7,375 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1974 | 12,367 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 1975 | 6,520 kg/ha | -47.3% |
| 1976 | 9,300 kg/ha | +42.6% |
| 1977 | 6,850 kg/ha | -26.3% |
| 1978 | 7,533 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 3,867 kg/ha | -48.7% |
| 1980 | 3,867 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 4,000 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1982 | 4,400 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 4,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 5,400 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1985 | 6,200 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1986 | 2,317 kg/ha | -62.6% |
| 1987 | 2,625 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1988 | 2,771 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 3,650 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 1990 | 3,733 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1991 | 3,504 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1992 | 3,358 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 3,217 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1994 | 3,000 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1995 | 2,949 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1996 | 2,822 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 2,699 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1998 | 2,579 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1999 | 2,464 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2000 | 2,352 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 2,243 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 2,138 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 2,036 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 1,936 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 1,840 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 1,747 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 1,657 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 1,570 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 1,484 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2010 | 1,402 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2011 | 1,322 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2012 | 1,250 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2013 | 1,170 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 1,089 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2015 | 1,006 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2016 | 1,094 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2017 | 1,066 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 1,001 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 1,054 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 1,061 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 1,004 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 987.7 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 1,018 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2024 | 1,003 kg/ha | -1.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,003 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,425 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Figs — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +67.7% | 7,375 kg/ha | 12,367 kg/ha |
| 1986 | -62.6% | 6,200 kg/ha | 2,317 kg/ha |
| 1976 | +42.6% | 6,520 kg/ha | 9,300 kg/ha |
| 1979 | -48.7% | 7,533 kg/ha | 3,867 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -47.3% | 12,367 kg/ha | 6,520 kg/ha |
| 1989 | +31.7% | 2,771 kg/ha | 3,650 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,711 kg/ha | 5,932 kg/ha | 9,780 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,139 kg/ha | 3,867 kg/ha | 12,367 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,963 kg/ha | 2,317 kg/ha | 6,200 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,033 kg/ha | 2,464 kg/ha | 3,733 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,900 kg/ha | 1,484 kg/ha | 2,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,145 kg/ha | 1,001 kg/ha | 1,402 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,015 kg/ha | 987.7 kg/ha | 1,061 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 figs — yield in Australia?
- Figs — yield in Australia was 1,003 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest figs — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 12,367 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest figs — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 987.7 kg/ha in 2022.
- How does Australia rank for figs — yield?
- Australia ranks 50th out of 51 countries with data for 2024.
- Is figs — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Figs — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.