Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested was 3.97 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia, 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 is 3.97 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 12.6% on the previous year and up 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Australia peaked at 4.97 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 64,944 ha, in 1961.
Australia ranks 16th 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 64,944 ha | — |
| 1962 | 69,602 ha | +7.2% |
| 1963 | 90,988 ha | +30.7% |
| 1964 | 113,014 ha | +24.2% |
| 1965 | 73,620 ha | -34.9% |
| 1966 | 105,468 ha | +43.3% |
| 1967 | 119,509 ha | +13.3% |
| 1968 | 113,012 ha | -5.4% |
| 1969 | 145,354 ha | +28.6% |
| 1970 | 208,864 ha | +43.7% |
| 1971 | 296,159 ha | +41.8% |
| 1972 | 491,361 ha | +65.9% |
| 1973 | 390,018 ha | -20.6% |
| 1974 | 343,026 ha | -12.0% |
| 1975 | 389,565 ha | +13.6% |
| 1976 | 256,934 ha | -34.0% |
| 1977 | 339,187 ha | +32.0% |
| 1978 | 453,958 ha | +33.8% |
| 1979 | 514,706 ha | +13.4% |
| 1980 | 436,741 ha | -15.1% |
| 1981 | 403,984 ha | -7.5% |
| 1982 | 384,104 ha | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 435,032 ha | +13.3% |
| 1984 | 531,515 ha | +22.2% |
| 1985 | 761,833 ha | +43.3% |
| 1986 | 657,445 ha | -13.7% |
| 1987 | 542,793 ha | -17.4% |
| 1988 | 613,449 ha | +13.0% |
| 1989 | 558,765 ha | -8.9% |
| 1990 | 467,436 ha | -16.3% |
| 1991 | 677,732 ha | +45.0% |
| 1992 | 596,391 ha | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 609,741 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 879,187 ha | +44.2% |
| 1995 | 835,084 ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 893,870 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 1.34 million ha | +49.6% |
| 1998 | 1.85 million ha | +38.7% |
| 1999 | 2.76 million ha | +48.9% |
| 2000 | 2.21 million ha | -19.9% |
| 2001 | 2.02 million ha | -8.9% |
| 2002 | 1.84 million ha | -8.5% |
| 2003 | 1.51 million ha | -18.2% |
| 2004 | 1.71 million ha | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 1.40 million ha | -17.8% |
| 2006 | 1.53 million ha | +8.9% |
| 2007 | 1.48 million ha | -3.3% |
| 2008 | 1.85 million ha | +24.9% |
| 2009 | 1.98 million ha | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 2.37 million ha | +19.6% |
| 2011 | 3.13 million ha | +32.0% |
| 2012 | 3.97 million ha | +26.9% |
| 2013 | 3.26 million ha | -17.9% |
| 2014 | 3.35 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2015 | 2.35 million ha | -29.8% |
| 2016 | 3.02 million ha | +28.6% |
| 2017 | 3.74 million ha | +23.8% |
| 2018 | 2.67 million ha | -28.7% |
| 2019 | 2.38 million ha | -10.8% |
| 2020 | 2.72 million ha | +14.3% |
| 2021 | 3.59 million ha | +31.9% |
| 2022 | 4.97 million ha | +38.6% |
| 2023 | 4.55 million ha | -8.5% |
| 2024 | 3.97 million ha | -12.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 3.97 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 35,260 ha, 112.7× the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Australia's 3.97 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 79,726 ha, 49.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 99,501 ha | 64,944 ha | 145,354 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 368,378 ha | 208,864 ha | 514,706 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 532,566 ha | 384,104 ha | 761,833 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.09 million ha | 467,436 ha | 2.76 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.75 million ha | 1.40 million ha | 2.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.02 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
- 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
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 3.98 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
- 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 18,024 ha compare
- 19 Sudan (former) 3.52 million ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Cropland extent over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.4449 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Cropland extent over the long-term, per capita 1.16 hectares per person (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, annual growth rate 0.2372 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural area over the long-term, per capita 12.7 hectares per person (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Australia?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested in Australia was 3.97 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?
- The highest recorded value was 4.97 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 64,944 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 16th out of 184 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia 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.