Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Australia
Australia: Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield was 1,180 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Australia stood at 1,180 kg/ha.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Australia peaked at 1,287 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 330.1 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 48th out of 183 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.
Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 330.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 375.7 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 1963 | 352.8 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1964 | 448 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 1965 | 332.6 kg/ha | -25.8% |
| 1966 | 515.4 kg/ha | +55.0% |
| 1967 | 412.6 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1968 | 540 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 1969 | 467.5 kg/ha | -13.4% |
| 1970 | 457.3 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1971 | 375.9 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1972 | 352 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1973 | 353.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1974 | 497.1 kg/ha | +40.6% |
| 1975 | 456.5 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1976 | 495.4 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1977 | 468.5 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1978 | 542.1 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1979 | 552.9 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 542 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1981 | 614.3 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 1982 | 675.8 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 492.4 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 1984 | 598.5 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1985 | 695.6 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1986 | 719.3 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1987 | 721.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 739 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1989 | 871.6 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 1990 | 916.4 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1991 | 899.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 1,084 kg/ha | +20.4% |
| 1993 | 951.9 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1994 | 662.1 kg/ha | -30.4% |
| 1995 | 848.3 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 1996 | 907 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1997 | 855.2 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1998 | 886.4 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1999 | 808.2 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 2000 | 833.2 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2001 | 884.9 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2002 | 643.6 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 2003 | 898.4 kg/ha | +39.6% |
| 2004 | 759.7 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 2005 | 1,027 kg/ha | +35.1% |
| 2006 | 594.2 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 2007 | 669.6 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 698.2 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 759.1 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2010 | 759.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 901.4 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2012 | 891.9 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 980.9 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 853.6 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 2015 | 906.4 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2016 | 1,032 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2017 | 821.2 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2018 | 842.4 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 745.8 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2020 | 1,095 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 2021 | 1,287 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2022 | 1,273 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 1,212 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2024 | 1,180 kg/ha | -2.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,180 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,312 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (50 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1,180 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 512.65 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 419.41 kg/ha | 330.1 kg/ha | 540 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 455.13 kg/ha | 352 kg/ha | 552.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 666.99 kg/ha | 492.4 kg/ha | 871.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 881.91 kg/ha | 662.1 kg/ha | 1,084 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 776.75 kg/ha | 594.2 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 873.56 kg/ha | 745.8 kg/ha | 1,032 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,209 kg/ha | 1,095 kg/ha | 1,287 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Australia?
- Oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield in Australia was 1,180 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,287 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 330.1 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield?
- Australia ranks 48th out of 183 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, cake equivalent — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.2%. 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 Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — 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.