Millet — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Millet — Area harvested was 35,998 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 35,998 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 50,338 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 18,620 ha, in 1980.
That places Australia and New Zealand 37th out of 86 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.
Millet — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 21,632 ha | — |
| 1962 | 33,585 ha | +55.3% |
| 1963 | 32,897 ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 27,358 ha | -16.8% |
| 1965 | 21,765 ha | -20.4% |
| 1966 | 25,199 ha | +15.8% |
| 1967 | 25,949 ha | +3.0% |
| 1968 | 20,805 ha | -19.8% |
| 1969 | 28,409 ha | +36.5% |
| 1970 | 38,408 ha | +35.2% |
| 1971 | 49,158 ha | +28.0% |
| 1972 | 23,952 ha | -51.3% |
| 1973 | 27,159 ha | +13.4% |
| 1974 | 39,642 ha | +46.0% |
| 1975 | 22,105 ha | -44.2% |
| 1976 | 28,336 ha | +28.2% |
| 1977 | 23,855 ha | -15.8% |
| 1978 | 50,338 ha | +111.0% |
| 1979 | 32,426 ha | -35.6% |
| 1980 | 18,620 ha | -42.6% |
| 1981 | 27,096 ha | +45.5% |
| 1982 | 34,901 ha | +28.8% |
| 1983 | 36,062 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 37,448 ha | +3.8% |
| 1985 | 29,561 ha | -21.1% |
| 1986 | 31,000 ha | +4.9% |
| 1987 | 41,907 ha | +35.2% |
| 1988 | 38,872 ha | -7.2% |
| 1989 | 25,805 ha | -33.6% |
| 1990 | 34,420 ha | +33.4% |
| 1991 | 32,249 ha | -6.3% |
| 1992 | 34,297 ha | +6.4% |
| 1993 | 21,806 ha | -36.4% |
| 1994 | 37,359 ha | +71.3% |
| 1995 | 43,667 ha | +16.9% |
| 1996 | 22,981 ha | -47.4% |
| 1997 | 25,000 ha | +8.8% |
| 1998 | 32,000 ha | +28.0% |
| 1999 | 35,000 ha | +9.4% |
| 2000 | 38,961 ha | +11.3% |
| 2001 | 30,338 ha | -22.1% |
| 2002 | 38,550 ha | +27.1% |
| 2003 | 38,072 ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 33,916 ha | -10.9% |
| 2005 | 24,523 ha | -27.7% |
| 2006 | 35,000 ha | +42.7% |
| 2007 | 36,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 37,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 40,000 ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 35,602 ha | -11.0% |
| 2011 | 35,271 ha | -0.9% |
| 2012 | 35,210 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 35,318 ha | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 35,817 ha | +1.4% |
| 2015 | 35,691 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 35,589 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 35,931 ha | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 35,971 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 35,975 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 36,118 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 36,132 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 35,831 ha | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 35,914 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 35,998 ha | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,400 ha | 20,805 ha | 33,585 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 33,538 ha | 22,105 ha | 50,338 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 32,127 ha | 18,620 ha | 41,907 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 31,878 ha | 21,806 ha | 43,667 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 35,236 ha | 24,523 ha | 40,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,638 ha | 35,210 ha | 35,975 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,999 ha | 35,831 ha | 36,132 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 34 Benin 41,528 ha compare
- 35 Uzbekistan 38,807 ha compare
- 36 Gambia 38,425 ha compare
- 37 Australia 35,998 ha compare
- 39 Guinea-Bissau 30,000 ha compare
- 40 Mozambique 29,669 ha compare
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.3506 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 0.1776 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.9752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 30.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.8937 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is millet — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Millet — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 35,998 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest millet — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 50,338 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,620 ha in 1980.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for millet — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 37th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 Millet — Area harvested. 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.