Natural honey — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Natural honey — Production was 28,481 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Natural honey — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 28,481 t for natural honey — production in 2024.
The figure is up 21.9% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural honey — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 39,311 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 19,450 t, in 2011.
That places Australia and New Zealand 16th out of 136 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Natural honey — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,333 t | — |
| 1962 | 20,203 t | -20.3% |
| 1963 | 26,810 t | +32.7% |
| 1964 | 24,640 t | -8.1% |
| 1965 | 23,182 t | -5.9% |
| 1966 | 23,984 t | +3.5% |
| 1967 | 20,518 t | -14.5% |
| 1968 | 24,134 t | +17.6% |
| 1969 | 22,762 t | -5.7% |
| 1970 | 27,658 t | +21.5% |
| 1971 | 24,696 t | -10.7% |
| 1972 | 25,933 t | +5.0% |
| 1973 | 23,424 t | -9.7% |
| 1974 | 26,451 t | +12.9% |
| 1975 | 28,047 t | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 26,328 t | -6.1% |
| 1977 | 21,007 t | -20.2% |
| 1978 | 26,862 t | +27.9% |
| 1979 | 24,732 t | -7.9% |
| 1980 | 32,443 t | +31.2% |
| 1981 | 26,489 t | -18.4% |
| 1982 | 31,342 t | +18.3% |
| 1983 | 27,525 t | -12.2% |
| 1984 | 30,781 t | +11.8% |
| 1985 | 38,352 t | +24.6% |
| 1986 | 36,371 t | -5.2% |
| 1987 | 35,391 t | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 30,774 t | -13.0% |
| 1989 | 28,371 t | -7.8% |
| 1990 | 29,950 t | +5.6% |
| 1991 | 27,894 t | -6.9% |
| 1992 | 28,508 t | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 29,642 t | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 37,809 t | +27.6% |
| 1995 | 26,886 t | -28.9% |
| 1996 | 34,535 t | +28.4% |
| 1997 | 35,401 t | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 30,102 t | -15.0% |
| 1999 | 27,921 t | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 30,990 t | +11.0% |
| 2001 | 28,144 t | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 22,682 t | -19.4% |
| 2003 | 28,252 t | +24.6% |
| 2004 | 26,253 t | -7.1% |
| 2005 | 27,046 t | +3.0% |
| 2006 | 27,923 t | +3.2% |
| 2007 | 27,666 t | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 29,975 t | +8.3% |
| 2009 | 28,228 t | -5.8% |
| 2010 | 26,971 t | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 19,450 t | -27.9% |
| 2012 | 22,391 t | +15.1% |
| 2013 | 31,687 t | +41.5% |
| 2014 | 30,702 t | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 31,991 t | +4.2% |
| 2016 | 32,965 t | +3.0% |
| 2017 | 27,035 t | -18.0% |
| 2018 | 32,419 t | +19.9% |
| 2019 | 35,335 t | +9.0% |
| 2020 | 39,311 t | +11.3% |
| 2021 | 32,437 t | -17.5% |
| 2022 | 33,698 t | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 23,358 t | -30.7% |
| 2024 | 28,481 t | +21.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,507 t | 20,203 t | 26,810 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 25,514 t | 21,007 t | 28,047 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 31,784 t | 26,489 t | 38,352 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,865 t | 26,886 t | 37,809 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,716 t | 22,682 t | 30,990 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,095 t | 19,450 t | 35,335 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,457 t | 23,358 t | 39,311 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 13 Germany 31,800 t compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 594.51 t compare
- 14 Romania 31,541 t compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 590.13 t compare
- 15 Republic of Korea 31,216 t compare
- 15 Polynesia 325.85 t compare
- 17 Greece 24,841 t compare
- 18 Poland 24,000 t compare
- 19 Ethiopia PDR 23,700 t compare
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- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 7.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 9.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 8.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -4.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 8.32 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate -14.86 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is natural honey — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Natural honey — production in Australia and New Zealand was 28,481 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural honey — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 39,311 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest natural honey — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,450 t in 2011.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for natural honey — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 16th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural honey — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. 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 Natural honey — Production. 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.