Oats — Yield in Australia
Australia: Oats — Yield was 1,772 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oats — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oats — yield in Australia stood at 1,772 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 30.2% on the previous year and up 26.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oats — yield in Australia peaked at 2,204 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 525.7 kg/ha, in 1967.
Australia ranks 53rd of 78 countries on this measure, 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, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 798.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 937.1 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1963 | 901.9 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 898 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 722.8 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1966 | 1,128 kg/ha | +56.0% |
| 1967 | 525.7 kg/ha | -53.4% |
| 1968 | 1,091 kg/ha | +107.6% |
| 1969 | 907 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1970 | 1,038 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1971 | 1,028 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 739.7 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1973 | 936.4 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 1974 | 974.9 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1975 | 1,155 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1976 | 1,077 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1977 | 920.5 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1978 | 1,297 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 1979 | 1,256 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1980 | 1,033 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1981 | 1,165 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1982 | 699.7 kg/ha | -39.9% |
| 1983 | 1,296 kg/ha | +85.2% |
| 1984 | 1,314 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 1,244 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1986 | 1,385 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1987 | 1,331 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 1,404 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1989 | 1,507 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 1,466 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1991 | 1,457 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1,685 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1993 | 1,739 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 1,030 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 1995 | 1,650 kg/ha | +60.2% |
| 1996 | 1,571 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 1,744 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1998 | 1,978 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1999 | 1,914 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 1,614 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 2001 | 1,828 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2002 | 1,050 kg/ha | -42.6% |
| 2003 | 1,853 kg/ha | +76.4% |
| 2004 | 1,435 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2005 | 1,814 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2006 | 746.3 kg/ha | -58.9% |
| 2007 | 1,214 kg/ha | +62.6% |
| 2008 | 1,333 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2009 | 1,366 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2010 | 1,365 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,726 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 2012 | 1,539 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2013 | 1,756 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2014 | 1,402 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 2015 | 1,582 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2016 | 2,204 kg/ha | +39.3% |
| 2017 | 1,405 kg/ha | -36.3% |
| 2018 | 1,209 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2019 | 1,401 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2020 | 1,774 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 2021 | 2,060 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2022 | 1,687 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2023 | 1,361 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 2024 | 1,772 kg/ha | +30.2% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,772 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 3,136 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1,772 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,924 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 878.87 kg/ha | 525.7 kg/ha | 1,128 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,042 kg/ha | 739.7 kg/ha | 1,297 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,238 kg/ha | 699.7 kg/ha | 1,507 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,624 kg/ha | 1,030 kg/ha | 1,978 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,425 kg/ha | 746.3 kg/ha | 1,853 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,559 kg/ha | 1,209 kg/ha | 2,204 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,731 kg/ha | 1,361 kg/ha | 2,060 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 50 Russian Federation 1,875 kg/ha compare
- 51 Peru 1,833 kg/ha compare
- 52 Australia and New Zealand 1,793 kg/ha compare
- 54 Kazakhstan 1,707 kg/ha compare
- 55 Uzbekistan 1,698 kg/ha compare
- 56 Cyprus 1,680 kg/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 — yield in Australia?
- Oats — yield in Australia was 1,772 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oats — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,204 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest oats — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 525.7 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Australia rank for oats — yield?
- Australia ranks 53rd out of 78 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oats — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia 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.