Lupins — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Lupins — Area harvested was 514,500 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Lupins — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 514,500 ha for lupins — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 14.9% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lupins — area harvested in Australia peaked at 1.43 million ha in 1997 and was at its lowest, 712 ha, in 1966.
That places Australia 1st out of 34 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Lupins — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,497 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,217 ha | -18.7% |
| 1963 | 1,909 ha | +56.9% |
| 1964 | 854 ha | -55.3% |
| 1965 | 843 ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 712 ha | -15.5% |
| 1967 | 1,291 ha | +81.3% |
| 1968 | 4,446 ha | +244.4% |
| 1969 | 4,965 ha | +11.7% |
| 1970 | 12,969 ha | +161.2% |
| 1971 | 35,613 ha | +174.6% |
| 1972 | 45,600 ha | +28.0% |
| 1973 | 66,600 ha | +46.1% |
| 1974 | 124,591 ha | +87.1% |
| 1975 | 139,332 ha | +11.8% |
| 1976 | 113,218 ha | -18.7% |
| 1977 | 80,777 ha | -28.7% |
| 1978 | 67,715 ha | -16.2% |
| 1979 | 105,830 ha | +56.3% |
| 1980 | 117,939 ha | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 161,137 ha | +36.6% |
| 1982 | 256,850 ha | +59.4% |
| 1983 | 378,868 ha | +47.5% |
| 1984 | 593,818 ha | +56.7% |
| 1985 | 587,656 ha | -1.0% |
| 1986 | 749,630 ha | +27.6% |
| 1987 | 1.01 million ha | +35.4% |
| 1988 | 849,833 ha | -16.3% |
| 1989 | 810,126 ha | -4.7% |
| 1990 | 792,561 ha | -2.2% |
| 1991 | 938,546 ha | +18.4% |
| 1992 | 1.03 million ha | +10.0% |
| 1993 | 1.15 million ha | +11.4% |
| 1994 | 1.41 million ha | +22.3% |
| 1995 | 1.32 million ha | -6.0% |
| 1996 | 1.26 million ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 1.43 million ha | +13.1% |
| 1998 | 1.41 million ha | -1.3% |
| 1999 | 1.35 million ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 1.18 million ha | -12.4% |
| 2001 | 1.14 million ha | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 1.02 million ha | -10.0% |
| 2003 | 850,899 ha | -17.0% |
| 2004 | 844,633 ha | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 757,000 ha | -10.4% |
| 2006 | 736,351 ha | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 752,158 ha | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 573,300 ha | -23.8% |
| 2009 | 691,636 ha | +20.6% |
| 2010 | 755,848 ha | +9.3% |
| 2011 | 689,064 ha | -8.8% |
| 2012 | 450,200 ha | -34.7% |
| 2013 | 387,350 ha | -14.0% |
| 2014 | 443,100 ha | +14.4% |
| 2015 | 534,084 ha | +20.5% |
| 2016 | 514,596 ha | -3.6% |
| 2017 | 612,014 ha | +18.9% |
| 2018 | 661,141 ha | +8.0% |
| 2019 | 664,588 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 603,941 ha | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 497,100 ha | -17.7% |
| 2022 | 692,664 ha | +39.3% |
| 2023 | 604,423 ha | -12.7% |
| 2024 | 514,500 ha | -14.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 514,500 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 765 ha, 672.5× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Lupins — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +244.4% | 1,291 ha | 4,446 ha |
| 1971 | +174.6% | 12,969 ha | 35,613 ha |
| 1970 | +161.2% | 4,965 ha | 12,969 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,970 ha | 712 ha | 4,965 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 79,224 ha | 12,969 ha | 139,332 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 552,079 ha | 117,939 ha | 1.01 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.21 million ha | 792,561 ha | 1.43 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 854,998 ha | 573,300 ha | 1.18 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 571,198 ha | 387,350 ha | 755,848 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 582,526 ha | 497,100 ha | 692,664 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 1 Australia and New Zealand 514,500 ha compare
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 10 ha compare
- 3 Poland 199,370 ha compare
- 4 Morocco 86,738 ha compare
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 lupins — area harvested in Australia?
- Lupins — area harvested in Australia was 514,500 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lupins — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.43 million ha in 1997.
- What is the lowest lupins — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 712 ha in 1966.
- How does Australia rank for lupins — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 1st out of 34 countries with data for 2024.
- Is lupins — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. 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 Lupins — Area harvested. 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.