Oats — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Oats — Area harvested was 746,420 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 746,420 ha.
The figure is up 36.8% on the previous year and down 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 1.79 million ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 545,798 ha, in 2023.
That places Australia and New Zealand 4th out of 79 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.27 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.35 million ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 1.38 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 1.43 million ha | +3.3% |
| 1965 | 1.54 million ha | +8.0% |
| 1966 | 1.74 million ha | +12.9% |
| 1967 | 1.38 million ha | -20.8% |
| 1968 | 1.58 million ha | +14.8% |
| 1969 | 1.39 million ha | -12.1% |
| 1970 | 1.57 million ha | +13.2% |
| 1971 | 1.26 million ha | -19.8% |
| 1972 | 1.01 million ha | -19.9% |
| 1973 | 1.20 million ha | +18.4% |
| 1974 | 917,984 ha | -23.3% |
| 1975 | 1.01 million ha | +9.7% |
| 1976 | 1.01 million ha | +0.1% |
| 1977 | 1.09 million ha | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 1.38 million ha | +25.9% |
| 1979 | 1.14 million ha | -17.0% |
| 1980 | 1.11 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 1.40 million ha | +26.0% |
| 1982 | 1.23 million ha | -12.3% |
| 1983 | 1.79 million ha | +46.1% |
| 1984 | 1.06 million ha | -40.9% |
| 1985 | 1.08 million ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 1.18 million ha | +9.5% |
| 1987 | 1.32 million ha | +11.6% |
| 1988 | 1.33 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 1.11 million ha | -16.6% |
| 1990 | 1.06 million ha | -3.9% |
| 1991 | 1.17 million ha | +10.4% |
| 1992 | 1.16 million ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 961,179 ha | -17.4% |
| 1994 | 909,947 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 1.15 million ha | +25.9% |
| 1996 | 1.06 million ha | -7.3% |
| 1997 | 948,500 ha | -10.7% |
| 1998 | 919,500 ha | -3.1% |
| 1999 | 593,929 ha | -35.4% |
| 2000 | 658,488 ha | +10.9% |
| 2001 | 789,081 ha | +19.8% |
| 2002 | 918,817 ha | +16.4% |
| 2003 | 1.10 million ha | +19.2% |
| 2004 | 901,145 ha | -17.7% |
| 2005 | 935,331 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 1.01 million ha | +7.9% |
| 2007 | 1.24 million ha | +23.3% |
| 2008 | 875,487 ha | -29.6% |
| 2009 | 857,502 ha | -2.1% |
| 2010 | 834,920 ha | -2.6% |
| 2011 | 737,214 ha | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 732,460 ha | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 720,143 ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 861,079 ha | +19.6% |
| 2015 | 827,301 ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 1.04 million ha | +25.3% |
| 2017 | 880,206 ha | -15.1% |
| 2018 | 942,461 ha | +7.1% |
| 2019 | 820,648 ha | -12.9% |
| 2020 | 1.07 million ha | +30.9% |
| 2021 | 846,994 ha | -21.1% |
| 2022 | 574,582 ha | -32.2% |
| 2023 | 545,798 ha | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 746,420 ha | +36.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.45 million ha | 1.27 million ha | 1.74 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.16 million ha | 917,984 ha | 1.57 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.26 million ha | 1.06 million ha | 1.79 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 994,342 ha | 593,929 ha | 1.17 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 928,364 ha | 658,488 ha | 1.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 839,273 ha | 720,143 ha | 1.04 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 757,537 ha | 545,798 ha | 1.07 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Oats — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 746,420 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 1.79 million ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 545,798 ha in 2023.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for oats — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 4th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Oats — 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.