Oats — Yield in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Oats — Yield was 1,793 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — yield in Australia and New Zealand stood at 1,793 kg/ha.
The figure is up 27.5% on the previous year and up 25.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 2,231 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 542.6 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places Australia and New Zealand 52nd out of 78 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Oats — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 820.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 952.8 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 1963 | 909.9 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1964 | 910.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 744.8 kg/ha | -18.2% |
| 1966 | 1,143 kg/ha | +53.4% |
| 1967 | 542.6 kg/ha | -52.5% |
| 1968 | 1,110 kg/ha | +104.6% |
| 1969 | 934.2 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1970 | 1,061 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1971 | 1,057 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1972 | 776.6 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 1973 | 962.2 kg/ha | +23.9% |
| 1974 | 1,021 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1975 | 1,183 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1976 | 1,105 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 959.5 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1978 | 1,320 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 1979 | 1,287 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1980 | 1,071 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 1981 | 1,187 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1982 | 740.3 kg/ha | -37.6% |
| 1983 | 1,324 kg/ha | +78.9% |
| 1984 | 1,360 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 1,276 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1986 | 1,417 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 1,370 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 1,433 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1989 | 1,541 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1990 | 1,512 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1991 | 1,487 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 1,714 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1993 | 1,773 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1994 | 1,079 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 1995 | 1,670 kg/ha | +54.7% |
| 1996 | 1,595 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1997 | 1,774 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1998 | 2,001 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1999 | 1,953 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 1,648 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 2001 | 1,845 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2002 | 1,080 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 2003 | 1,870 kg/ha | +73.2% |
| 2004 | 1,458 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 2005 | 1,836 kg/ha | +25.9% |
| 2006 | 769.9 kg/ha | -58.1% |
| 2007 | 1,230 kg/ha | +59.8% |
| 2008 | 1,354 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2009 | 1,394 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 1,408 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 1,750 kg/ha | +24.4% |
| 2012 | 1,555 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 2013 | 1,781 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2014 | 1,432 kg/ha | -19.6% |
| 2015 | 1,606 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2016 | 2,231 kg/ha | +38.9% |
| 2017 | 1,435 kg/ha | -35.7% |
| 2018 | 1,230 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2019 | 1,425 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 2020 | 1,789 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2021 | 2,078 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 1,728 kg/ha | -16.8% |
| 2023 | 1,406 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 2024 | 1,793 kg/ha | +27.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 896.5 kg/ha | 542.6 kg/ha | 1,143 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,073 kg/ha | 776.6 kg/ha | 1,320 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,272 kg/ha | 740.3 kg/ha | 1,541 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,656 kg/ha | 1,079 kg/ha | 2,001 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,448 kg/ha | 769.9 kg/ha | 1,870 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,585 kg/ha | 1,230 kg/ha | 2,231 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,759 kg/ha | 1,406 kg/ha | 2,078 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 49 Ethiopia 1,897 kg/ha compare
- 50 Russian Federation 1,875 kg/ha compare
- 51 Peru 1,833 kg/ha compare
- 53 Australia 1,772 kg/ha compare
- 54 Kazakhstan 1,707 kg/ha compare
- 55 Uzbekistan 1,698 kg/ha compare
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- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 878,946 1000 An (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production 7.07 million t (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 5,094 kg/An (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 30.20 million t (2024)
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- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested 4.01 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oats — yield in Australia and New Zealand?
- Oats — yield in Australia and New Zealand was 1,793 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 2,231 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 542.6 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for oats — yield?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 52nd out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.2%. 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 Oats — Yield. 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.