Natural honey — Production in Australia
Australia: Natural honey — Production was 10,981 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Natural honey — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, natural honey — production in Australia stood at 10,981 t.
That represents a change of down 3.3% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, natural honey — production in Australia peaked at 28,038 t in 1985 and was at its lowest, 10,000 t, in 2011.
Australia ranks 35th of 136 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Natural honey — Production in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 19,800 t | — |
| 1962 | 14,822 t | -25.1% |
| 1963 | 20,705 t | +39.7% |
| 1964 | 19,087 t | -7.8% |
| 1965 | 19,087 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 18,137 t | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 15,947 t | -12.1% |
| 1968 | 19,939 t | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 17,272 t | -13.4% |
| 1970 | 22,258 t | +28.9% |
| 1971 | 19,126 t | -14.1% |
| 1972 | 20,240 t | +5.8% |
| 1973 | 18,083 t | -10.7% |
| 1974 | 21,189 t | +17.2% |
| 1975 | 20,636 t | -2.6% |
| 1976 | 21,413 t | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 14,929 t | -30.3% |
| 1978 | 18,583 t | +24.5% |
| 1979 | 18,258 t | -1.7% |
| 1980 | 24,954 t | +36.7% |
| 1981 | 19,558 t | -21.6% |
| 1982 | 24,847 t | +27.0% |
| 1983 | 22,472 t | -9.6% |
| 1984 | 24,963 t | +11.1% |
| 1985 | 28,038 t | +12.3% |
| 1986 | 26,900 t | -4.1% |
| 1987 | 25,300 t | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 23,026 t | -9.0% |
| 1989 | 22,619 t | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 21,198 t | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 20,604 t | -2.8% |
| 1992 | 18,948 t | -8.0% |
| 1993 | 22,556 t | +19.0% |
| 1994 | 25,990 t | +15.2% |
| 1995 | 18,839 t | -27.5% |
| 1996 | 25,925 t | +37.6% |
| 1997 | 27,044 t | +4.3% |
| 1998 | 22,021 t | -18.6% |
| 1999 | 18,852 t | -14.4% |
| 2000 | 21,381 t | +13.4% |
| 2001 | 19,000 t | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 18,000 t | -5.3% |
| 2003 | 16,000 t | -11.1% |
| 2004 | 17,365 t | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 17,357 t | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 17,500 t | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 18,000 t | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 17,600 t | -2.2% |
| 2009 | 15,663 t | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 14,418 t | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 10,000 t | -30.6% |
| 2012 | 12,006 t | +20.1% |
| 2013 | 13,864 t | +15.5% |
| 2014 | 13,094 t | -5.6% |
| 2015 | 12,281 t | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 13,080 t | +6.5% |
| 2017 | 12,180 t | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 12,419 t | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 12,335 t | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 12,311 t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 11,937 t | -3.0% |
| 2022 | 11,698 t | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 11,358 t | -2.9% |
| 2024 | 10,981 t | -3.3% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 10,981 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 4,006 t, 2.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
- Australia's 10,981 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 329.17 t, 33.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,311 t | 14,822 t | 20,705 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,472 t | 14,929 t | 22,258 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,268 t | 19,558 t | 28,038 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,198 t | 18,839 t | 27,044 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,787 t | 15,663 t | 21,381 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,568 t | 10,000 t | 14,418 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 11,657 t | 10,981 t | 12,311 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 32 Uruguay 11,608 t compare
- 33 Bulgaria 11,518 t compare
- 34 China, Taiwan Province of 11,224 t compare
- 36 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 10,089 t compare
- 37 Czechoslovakia 9,275 t compare
- 38 Portugal 8,915 t 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 natural honey — production in Australia?
- Natural honey — production in Australia was 10,981 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest natural honey — production recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 28,038 t in 1985.
- What is the lowest natural honey — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 t in 2011.
- How does Australia rank for natural honey — production?
- Australia ranks 35th out of 136 countries with data for 2024.
- Is natural honey — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.