Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 3.98 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand is 3.98 million ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 12.6% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 4.97 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 70,587 ha, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 15th of 184 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70,587 ha | — |
| 1962 | 76,155 ha | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 98,862 ha | +29.8% |
| 1964 | 121,153 ha | +22.5% |
| 1965 | 78,344 ha | -35.3% |
| 1966 | 109,068 ha | +39.2% |
| 1967 | 123,139 ha | +12.9% |
| 1968 | 116,657 ha | -5.3% |
| 1969 | 150,510 ha | +29.0% |
| 1970 | 214,020 ha | +42.2% |
| 1971 | 302,459 ha | +41.3% |
| 1972 | 497,661 ha | +64.5% |
| 1973 | 396,318 ha | -20.4% |
| 1974 | 346,385 ha | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 396,865 ha | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 262,270 ha | -33.9% |
| 1977 | 344,046 ha | +31.2% |
| 1978 | 459,952 ha | +33.7% |
| 1979 | 518,656 ha | +12.8% |
| 1980 | 438,583 ha | -15.4% |
| 1981 | 405,913 ha | -7.4% |
| 1982 | 385,859 ha | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 435,765 ha | +12.9% |
| 1984 | 532,096 ha | +22.1% |
| 1985 | 762,321 ha | +43.3% |
| 1986 | 660,597 ha | -13.3% |
| 1987 | 546,587 ha | -17.3% |
| 1988 | 616,628 ha | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 560,077 ha | -9.2% |
| 1990 | 468,565 ha | -16.3% |
| 1991 | 678,932 ha | +44.9% |
| 1992 | 597,641 ha | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 612,041 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 881,837 ha | +44.1% |
| 1995 | 837,984 ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 896,696 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 1.34 million ha | +49.5% |
| 1998 | 1.86 million ha | +38.6% |
| 1999 | 2.76 million ha | +48.8% |
| 2000 | 2.22 million ha | -19.9% |
| 2001 | 2.02 million ha | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 1.85 million ha | -8.5% |
| 2003 | 1.51 million ha | -18.1% |
| 2004 | 1.71 million ha | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 1.41 million ha | -17.7% |
| 2006 | 1.53 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 1.48 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 1.85 million ha | +24.9% |
| 2009 | 1.99 million ha | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 2.37 million ha | +19.5% |
| 2011 | 3.13 million ha | +31.9% |
| 2012 | 3.97 million ha | +26.8% |
| 2013 | 3.26 million ha | -17.9% |
| 2014 | 3.35 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 2.35 million ha | -29.8% |
| 2016 | 3.03 million ha | +28.6% |
| 2017 | 3.74 million ha | +23.7% |
| 2018 | 2.67 million ha | -28.6% |
| 2019 | 2.38 million ha | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 2.72 million ha | +14.3% |
| 2021 | 3.59 million ha | +31.8% |
| 2022 | 4.97 million ha | +38.6% |
| 2023 | 4.55 million ha | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 3.98 million ha | -12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 104,942 ha | 70,587 ha | 150,510 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 373,863 ha | 214,020 ha | 518,656 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 534,443 ha | 385,859 ha | 762,321 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.09 million ha | 468,565 ha | 2.76 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.76 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 2.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.03 million ha | 2.35 million ha | 3.97 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.96 million ha | 2.72 million ha | 4.97 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 12 Sudan 5.56 million ha compare
- 12 Viet Nam 381,062 ha compare
- 13 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 173,993 ha compare
- 13 Malaysia 5.24 million ha compare
- 14 Pakistan 4.20 million ha compare
- 14 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 136,391 ha compare
- 15 Syrian Arab Republic 65,941 ha compare
- 16 Australia 3.97 million ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 58,183 ha compare
- 17 Philippines 3.85 million ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 54,092 ha compare
- 18 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23,379 ha compare
- 18 Paraguay 3.84 million ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 3.98 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 4.97 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 70,587 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 15th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.