Oats — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Oats — Area harvested was 742,000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Oats — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 742,000 ha for oats — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 37.0% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Australia peaked at 1.77 million ha in 1983 and was at its lowest, 541,563 ha, in 2023.
That places Australia 5th 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1.25 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 1.33 million ha | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 1.37 million ha | +3.0% |
| 1964 | 1.42 million ha | +3.1% |
| 1965 | 1.52 million ha | +7.7% |
| 1966 | 1.72 million ha | +13.0% |
| 1967 | 1.37 million ha | -20.6% |
| 1968 | 1.57 million ha | +14.6% |
| 1969 | 1.37 million ha | -12.3% |
| 1970 | 1.55 million ha | +13.0% |
| 1971 | 1.24 million ha | -20.1% |
| 1972 | 995,000 ha | -19.8% |
| 1973 | 1.18 million ha | +18.8% |
| 1974 | 896,533 ha | -24.2% |
| 1975 | 988,000 ha | +10.2% |
| 1976 | 995,389 ha | +0.7% |
| 1977 | 1.08 million ha | +8.1% |
| 1978 | 1.36 million ha | +26.3% |
| 1979 | 1.12 million ha | -17.4% |
| 1980 | 1.09 million ha | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 1.39 million ha | +27.0% |
| 1982 | 1.21 million ha | -12.7% |
| 1983 | 1.77 million ha | +46.2% |
| 1984 | 1.04 million ha | -41.2% |
| 1985 | 1.07 million ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 1.17 million ha | +9.4% |
| 1987 | 1.30 million ha | +11.4% |
| 1988 | 1.31 million ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 1.09 million ha | -16.9% |
| 1990 | 1.04 million ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 1.16 million ha | +11.2% |
| 1992 | 1.15 million ha | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 947,000 ha | -17.6% |
| 1994 | 897,000 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 1.14 million ha | +26.6% |
| 1996 | 1.05 million ha | -7.4% |
| 1997 | 937,000 ha | -10.9% |
| 1998 | 909,000 ha | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 584,000 ha | -35.8% |
| 2000 | 650,488 ha | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 784,081 ha | +20.5% |
| 2002 | 911,464 ha | +16.2% |
| 2003 | 1.09 million ha | +19.5% |
| 2004 | 893,644 ha | -18.0% |
| 2005 | 930,331 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 1.00 million ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 1.24 million ha | +23.5% |
| 2008 | 870,328 ha | -29.7% |
| 2009 | 850,077 ha | -2.3% |
| 2010 | 826,031 ha | -2.8% |
| 2011 | 731,144 ha | -11.5% |
| 2012 | 728,575 ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 714,699 ha | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 854,417 ha | +19.5% |
| 2015 | 821,498 ha | -3.9% |
| 2016 | 1.03 million ha | +25.1% |
| 2017 | 874,136 ha | -15.0% |
| 2018 | 938,129 ha | +7.3% |
| 2019 | 815,954 ha | -13.0% |
| 2020 | 1.07 million ha | +31.1% |
| 2021 | 842,394 ha | -21.3% |
| 2022 | 569,082 ha | -32.4% |
| 2023 | 541,563 ha | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 742,000 ha | +37.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 742,000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 15.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Australia's 742,000 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 24,518 ha, 30.3× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.44 million ha | 1.25 million ha | 1.72 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.14 million ha | 896,533 ha | 1.55 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.24 million ha | 1.04 million ha | 1.77 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 981,475 ha | 584,000 ha | 1.16 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 922,021 ha | 650,488 ha | 1.24 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 833,245 ha | 714,699 ha | 1.03 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 752,986 ha | 541,563 ha | 1.07 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 2 Russian Federation 1.60 million ha compare
- 2 Türkiye 142,587 ha compare
- 3 Canada 993,200 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 14,685 ha compare
- 4 Australia and New Zealand 746,420 ha compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 10,916 ha compare
- 6 Brazil 539,317 ha compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 1,621 ha compare
- 7 Poland 519,000 ha compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 40 ha compare
- 8 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0 ha compare
- 8 Spain 514,060 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 oats — area harvested in Australia?
- Oats — area harvested in Australia was 742,000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.77 million ha in 1983.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 541,563 ha in 2023.
- How does Australia rank for oats — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 5th out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. 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 Oats — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.