Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Australia
Australia: Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield was 679.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 679.8 kg/ha for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.6% on the previous year and up 43.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Australia peaked at 767.3 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 171 kg/ha, in 1965.
That places Australia 78th out of 186 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, Oil Equivalent — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 210.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 223 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 210.6 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1964 | 264.4 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1965 | 171 kg/ha | -35.3% |
| 1966 | 274.6 kg/ha | +60.6% |
| 1967 | 231.8 kg/ha | -15.6% |
| 1968 | 268.5 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1969 | 228.8 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1970 | 256.3 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1971 | 236.5 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1972 | 216.5 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1973 | 205.3 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1974 | 257.2 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1975 | 239.8 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1976 | 272.3 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 1977 | 244.7 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1978 | 300.1 kg/ha | +22.6% |
| 1979 | 306.5 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 271.8 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1981 | 306.5 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1982 | 311.1 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 238.4 kg/ha | -23.4% |
| 1984 | 299.5 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1985 | 349.5 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1986 | 341.5 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1987 | 330.1 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1988 | 354.7 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1989 | 382.7 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1990 | 371.4 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1991 | 396.1 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 444.7 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1993 | 430.7 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 304.4 kg/ha | -29.3% |
| 1995 | 438.9 kg/ha | +44.2% |
| 1996 | 450.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 423.7 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1998 | 469.8 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1999 | 443.5 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 438.2 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 457.9 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2002 | 303.8 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 2003 | 506.3 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 2004 | 424.1 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2005 | 531 kg/ha | +25.2% |
| 2006 | 277.7 kg/ha | -47.7% |
| 2007 | 373.9 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 2008 | 423.8 kg/ha | +13.3% |
| 2009 | 430.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 435.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 497.2 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2012 | 483 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 536 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 473 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2015 | 514.8 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 598.8 kg/ha | +16.3% |
| 2017 | 459.7 kg/ha | -23.2% |
| 2018 | 437.6 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2019 | 422.7 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2020 | 679.7 kg/ha | +60.8% |
| 2021 | 767.3 kg/ha | +12.9% |
| 2022 | 744 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 697.7 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 2024 | 679.8 kg/ha | -2.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 679.8 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 871.3 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Australia's 679.8 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 782.5 kg/ha, 87% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 231.5 kg/ha | 171 kg/ha | 274.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 253.52 kg/ha | 205.3 kg/ha | 306.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 318.58 kg/ha | 238.4 kg/ha | 382.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 417.35 kg/ha | 304.4 kg/ha | 469.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 416.72 kg/ha | 277.7 kg/ha | 531 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 485.85 kg/ha | 422.7 kg/ha | 598.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 713.7 kg/ha | 679.7 kg/ha | 767.3 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 75 Austria 687.2 kg/ha compare
- 76 Burundi 686 kg/ha compare
- 77 Slovenia 684 kg/ha compare
- 79 Australia and New Zealand 679.7 kg/ha compare
- 80 Seychelles 637.3 kg/ha compare
- 81 Serbia and Montenegro 634.7 kg/ha compare
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, oil equivalent — yield in Australia?
- Oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield in Australia was 679.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 767.3 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 171 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Australia rank for oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield?
- Australia ranks 78th out of 186 countries with data for 2024.
- Is oilcrops, oil equivalent — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.7%. 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, Oil 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.