Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 4.01 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 4.01 million ha.
That represents a change of down 12.6% on the previous year and up 18.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 5.01 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 71,675 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia and New Zealand 15th out of 186 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 71,675 ha | — |
| 1962 | 77,173 ha | +7.7% |
| 1963 | 99,907 ha | +29.5% |
| 1964 | 122,241 ha | +22.4% |
| 1965 | 79,453 ha | -35.0% |
| 1966 | 110,176 ha | +38.7% |
| 1967 | 124,001 ha | +12.5% |
| 1968 | 117,950 ha | -4.9% |
| 1969 | 151,774 ha | +28.7% |
| 1970 | 215,316 ha | +41.9% |
| 1971 | 303,759 ha | +41.1% |
| 1972 | 498,961 ha | +64.3% |
| 1973 | 397,618 ha | -20.3% |
| 1974 | 347,685 ha | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 398,065 ha | +14.5% |
| 1976 | 263,570 ha | -33.8% |
| 1977 | 345,546 ha | +31.1% |
| 1978 | 461,252 ha | +33.5% |
| 1979 | 520,056 ha | +12.7% |
| 1980 | 439,583 ha | -15.5% |
| 1981 | 407,413 ha | -7.3% |
| 1982 | 387,359 ha | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 436,765 ha | +12.8% |
| 1984 | 532,896 ha | +22.0% |
| 1985 | 763,121 ha | +43.2% |
| 1986 | 661,397 ha | -13.3% |
| 1987 | 547,087 ha | -17.3% |
| 1988 | 617,028 ha | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 560,477 ha | -9.2% |
| 1990 | 468,865 ha | -16.3% |
| 1991 | 679,332 ha | +44.9% |
| 1992 | 598,241 ha | -11.9% |
| 1993 | 612,554 ha | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 882,432 ha | +44.1% |
| 1995 | 838,555 ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 897,246 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 1.34 million ha | +49.4% |
| 1998 | 1.86 million ha | +38.6% |
| 1999 | 2.77 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 | +13.1% |
| 2005 | 1.42 million ha | -17.3% |
| 2006 | 1.55 million ha | +9.5% |
| 2007 | 1.51 million ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 1.88 million ha | +24.6% |
| 2009 | 2.02 million ha | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 2.42 million ha | +19.8% |
| 2011 | 3.17 million ha | +31.4% |
| 2012 | 4.02 million ha | +26.6% |
| 2013 | 3.30 million ha | -17.8% |
| 2014 | 3.38 million ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 2.39 million ha | -29.3% |
| 2016 | 3.06 million ha | +28.2% |
| 2017 | 3.80 million ha | +23.9% |
| 2018 | 2.71 million ha | -28.6% |
| 2019 | 2.42 million ha | -10.7% |
| 2020 | 2.74 million ha | +13.4% |
| 2021 | 3.64 million ha | +32.8% |
| 2022 | 5.01 million ha | +37.4% |
| 2023 | 4.59 million ha | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 4.01 million ha | -12.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 106,039 ha | 71,675 ha | 151,774 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 375,183 ha | 215,316 ha | 520,056 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 535,313 ha | 387,359 ha | 763,121 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.09 million ha | 468,865 ha | 2.77 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.77 million ha | 1.42 million ha | 2.22 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.07 million ha | 2.39 million ha | 4.02 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.00 million ha | 2.74 million ha | 5.01 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 470,644 ha compare
- 12 Sudan 5.56 million ha compare
- 13 Malaysia 5.24 million ha compare
- 13 Viet Nam 389,062 ha compare
- 14 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 173,993 ha compare
- 14 Pakistan 4.20 million ha compare
- 15 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 136,391 ha compare
- 16 Australia 4.01 million ha compare
- 16 Polynesia 58,183 ha compare
- 17 Paraguay 3.85 million ha compare
- 17 Micronesia 54,092 ha compare
- 18 Lao People's Democratic Republic 23,379 ha compare
- 18 Philippines 3.85 million ha compare
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- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 9.7 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate -14.86 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 4.01 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 5.01 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 71,675 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 15th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil 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, Oil 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.