Oats — Area harvested in Austria
Austria: Oats — Area harvested was 17,450 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oats — Area harvested in Austria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oats — area harvested in Austria is 17,450 ha, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 25.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — area harvested in Austria peaked at 155,360 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 17,450 ha, in 2024.
Austria ranks 43rd of 79 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oats — Area harvested in Austria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 155,360 ha | — |
| 1962 | 150,498 ha | -3.1% |
| 1963 | 152,155 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 142,800 ha | -6.1% |
| 1965 | 136,343 ha | -4.5% |
| 1966 | 125,856 ha | -7.7% |
| 1967 | 123,789 ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 118,880 ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 101,844 ha | -14.3% |
| 1970 | 101,567 ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 98,362 ha | -3.2% |
| 1972 | 96,121 ha | -2.3% |
| 1973 | 93,551 ha | -2.7% |
| 1974 | 91,834 ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 101,045 ha | +10.0% |
| 1976 | 94,747 ha | -6.2% |
| 1977 | 89,628 ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 89,271 ha | -0.4% |
| 1979 | 95,032 ha | +6.5% |
| 1980 | 91,989 ha | -3.2% |
| 1981 | 91,544 ha | -0.5% |
| 1982 | 91,353 ha | -0.2% |
| 1983 | 82,806 ha | -9.4% |
| 1984 | 77,457 ha | -6.5% |
| 1985 | 75,247 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 73,362 ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 69,373 ha | -5.4% |
| 1988 | 69,145 ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 67,150 ha | -2.9% |
| 1990 | 61,956 ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 61,053 ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 54,695 ha | -10.4% |
| 1993 | 52,869 ha | -3.3% |
| 1994 | 49,357 ha | -6.6% |
| 1995 | 40,778 ha | -17.4% |
| 1996 | 41,609 ha | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 46,083 ha | +10.8% |
| 1998 | 40,514 ha | -12.1% |
| 1999 | 35,503 ha | -12.4% |
| 2000 | 32,981 ha | -7.1% |
| 2001 | 31,449 ha | -4.6% |
| 2002 | 32,103 ha | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 34,387 ha | +7.1% |
| 2004 | 30,284 ha | -11.9% |
| 2005 | 30,218 ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 35,151 ha | +16.3% |
| 2007 | 31,125 ha | -11.5% |
| 2008 | 26,571 ha | -14.6% |
| 2009 | 27,600 ha | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 26,576 ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 25,029 ha | -5.8% |
| 2012 | 24,815 ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 23,165 ha | -6.6% |
| 2014 | 23,297 ha | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 23,501 ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 22,512 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 23,245 ha | +3.3% |
| 2018 | 21,450 ha | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 20,600 ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 20,140 ha | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 24,360 ha | +21.0% |
| 2022 | 20,280 ha | -16.7% |
| 2023 | 17,620 ha | -13.1% |
| 2024 | 17,450 ha | -1.0% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 17,450 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 48,360 ha, 36% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Austria's 17,450 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 25,510 ha, 68% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 134,169 ha | 101,844 ha | 155,360 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 95,116 ha | 89,271 ha | 101,567 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 78,943 ha | 67,150 ha | 91,989 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 48,442 ha | 35,503 ha | 61,956 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 31,187 ha | 26,571 ha | 35,151 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 23,419 ha | 20,600 ha | 26,576 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 19,970 ha | 17,450 ha | 24,360 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — area harvested in Austria?
- Oats — area harvested in Austria was 17,450 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 155,360 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest oats — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 17,450 ha in 2024.
- How does Austria rank for oats — area harvested?
- Austria ranks 43rd out of 79 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — area harvested rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Austria 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.