Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested was 4.01 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 4.01 million ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is 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 peaked at 5.00 million ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 66,032 ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 16th 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, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 66,032 ha | — |
| 1962 | 70,620 ha | +6.9% |
| 1963 | 92,033 ha | +30.3% |
| 1964 | 114,102 ha | +24.0% |
| 1965 | 74,729 ha | -34.5% |
| 1966 | 106,576 ha | +42.6% |
| 1967 | 120,371 ha | +12.9% |
| 1968 | 114,305 ha | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 146,618 ha | +28.3% |
| 1970 | 210,160 ha | +43.3% |
| 1971 | 297,459 ha | +41.5% |
| 1972 | 492,661 ha | +65.6% |
| 1973 | 391,318 ha | -20.6% |
| 1974 | 344,326 ha | -12.0% |
| 1975 | 390,765 ha | +13.5% |
| 1976 | 258,234 ha | -33.9% |
| 1977 | 340,687 ha | +31.9% |
| 1978 | 455,258 ha | +33.6% |
| 1979 | 516,106 ha | +13.4% |
| 1980 | 437,741 ha | -15.2% |
| 1981 | 405,484 ha | -7.4% |
| 1982 | 385,604 ha | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 436,032 ha | +13.1% |
| 1984 | 532,315 ha | +22.1% |
| 1985 | 762,633 ha | +43.3% |
| 1986 | 658,245 ha | -13.7% |
| 1987 | 543,293 ha | -17.5% |
| 1988 | 613,849 ha | +13.0% |
| 1989 | 559,165 ha | -8.9% |
| 1990 | 467,736 ha | -16.4% |
| 1991 | 678,132 ha | +45.0% |
| 1992 | 596,991 ha | -12.0% |
| 1993 | 610,254 ha | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 879,782 ha | +44.2% |
| 1995 | 835,655 ha | -5.0% |
| 1996 | 894,420 ha | +7.0% |
| 1997 | 1.34 million ha | +49.6% |
| 1998 | 1.86 million ha | +38.7% |
| 1999 | 2.76 million ha | +49.0% |
| 2000 | 2.21 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 | 1.41 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 | 2.01 million ha | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 2.41 million ha | +19.8% |
| 2011 | 3.17 million ha | +31.5% |
| 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 | 3.79 million ha | +24.0% |
| 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 | 5.00 million ha | +37.4% |
| 2023 | 4.59 million ha | -8.3% |
| 2024 | 4.01 million ha | -12.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 4.01 million ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 52,034 ha, 77.0× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Australia's 4.01 million ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 79,726 ha, 50.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 100,598 ha | 66,032 ha | 146,618 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 369,697 ha | 210,160 ha | 516,106 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 533,436 ha | 385,604 ha | 762,633 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.09 million ha | 467,736 ha | 2.76 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.77 million ha | 1.41 million ha | 2.21 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.06 million ha | 2.39 million ha | 4.02 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.00 million ha | 2.74 million ha | 5.00 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 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
- 15 Australia and New Zealand 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
- 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, oil equivalent — area harvested in Australia?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested in Australia 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?
- The highest recorded value was 5.00 million ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 66,032 ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 16th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.7%. 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, 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.