Linseed — Yield in Australia
Australia: Linseed — Yield was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Linseed — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for linseed — yield in Australia is 1,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, linseed — yield in Australia peaked at 1,191 kg/ha in 1985 and was at its lowest, 483.1 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Australia 30th out of 62 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Linseed — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 508.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 665.2 kg/ha | +30.8% |
| 1963 | 630.7 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1964 | 874.1 kg/ha | +38.6% |
| 1965 | 619.2 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 1966 | 997.7 kg/ha | +61.1% |
| 1967 | 483.1 kg/ha | -51.6% |
| 1968 | 693.4 kg/ha | +43.5% |
| 1969 | 745.3 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 739.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1971 | 515.8 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 1972 | 655.7 kg/ha | +27.1% |
| 1973 | 805.8 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1974 | 929.3 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1975 | 777.6 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 1976 | 1,074 kg/ha | +38.2% |
| 1977 | 636.3 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 1978 | 985.1 kg/ha | +54.8% |
| 1979 | 834.2 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 1980 | 745.2 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1981 | 918.3 kg/ha | +23.2% |
| 1982 | 502.4 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 1983 | 815.4 kg/ha | +62.3% |
| 1984 | 1,013 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1985 | 1,191 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1986 | 973.2 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 1987 | 921.6 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1989 | 1,010 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 951.6 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1991 | 954.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1992 | 791.1 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1993 | 1,141 kg/ha | +44.2% |
| 1994 | 1,086 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1995 | 719.5 kg/ha | -33.8% |
| 1996 | 1,110 kg/ha | +54.3% |
| 1997 | 875 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1998 | 969.2 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1999 | 989.1 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 902 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 892.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 1,000 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 800 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 2007 | 875 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 2008 | 1,000 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2009 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 857.1 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2014 | 1,000 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2015 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 857.1 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 1,000 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2019 | 857.1 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2020 | 857.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 857.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,000 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2023 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,000 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,207 kg/ha, 83% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 690.82 kg/ha | 483.1 kg/ha | 997.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 795.36 kg/ha | 515.8 kg/ha | 1,074 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 909.01 kg/ha | 502.4 kg/ha | 1,191 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 958.74 kg/ha | 719.5 kg/ha | 1,141 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 946.92 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 957.13 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 942.84 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 1,000 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 linseed — yield in Australia?
- Linseed — yield in Australia was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest linseed — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,191 kg/ha in 1985.
- What is the lowest linseed — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 483.1 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Australia rank for linseed — yield?
- Australia ranks 30th out of 62 countries with data for 2024.
- Is linseed — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. 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 Linseed — 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.