Millet — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Millet — Area harvested was 35,998 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Millet — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, millet — area harvested in Australia stood at 35,998 ha.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, millet — area harvested in Australia peaked at 50,338 ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 18,620 ha, in 1980.
Australia ranks 37th of 86 countries on this measure, 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, 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% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 35,998 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,640 ha, 21.9× the median. (16 countries reporting)
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
- 34 Benin 41,528 ha compare
- 35 Uzbekistan 38,807 ha compare
- 36 Gambia 38,425 ha compare
- 37 Australia and New Zealand 35,998 ha compare
- 39 Guinea-Bissau 30,000 ha compare
- 40 Mozambique 29,669 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 millet — area harvested in Australia?
- Millet — area harvested in Australia 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?
- The highest recorded value was 50,338 ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest millet — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,620 ha in 1980.
- How does Australia rank for millet — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 37th out of 86 countries with data for 2024.
- Is millet — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. 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 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.