Pulses, Total — Yield in Australia
Australia: Pulses, Total — Yield was 1,643 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Pulses, Total — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, pulses, total — yield in Australia stood at 1,643 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 3.0% on the previous year and up 22.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pulses, total — yield in Australia peaked at 2,079 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 391.9 kg/ha, in 1976.
Australia ranks 59th of 169 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Pulses, Total — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 865 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 954.3 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1963 | 958.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1964 | 1,015 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 601.2 kg/ha | -40.8% |
| 1966 | 774.3 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 1967 | 436.2 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1968 | 843.5 kg/ha | +93.4% |
| 1969 | 722.6 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1970 | 832.3 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 1971 | 879.4 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1972 | 424.9 kg/ha | -51.7% |
| 1973 | 817 kg/ha | +92.3% |
| 1974 | 743.9 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1975 | 783.1 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1976 | 391.9 kg/ha | -50.0% |
| 1977 | 476.4 kg/ha | +21.6% |
| 1978 | 929.5 kg/ha | +95.1% |
| 1979 | 836.4 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1980 | 919.1 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1981 | 980.3 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 766.2 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1983 | 1,034 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1984 | 967.4 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1985 | 960.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1986 | 1,193 kg/ha | +24.2% |
| 1987 | 927.9 kg/ha | -22.2% |
| 1988 | 1,093 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 1989 | 1,038 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1990 | 971.7 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1991 | 1,066 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1992 | 1,130 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 1,316 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1994 | 659.6 kg/ha | -49.9% |
| 1995 | 1,240 kg/ha | +87.9% |
| 1996 | 1,252 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1997 | 998.3 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1998 | 1,051 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 1,349 kg/ha | +28.3% |
| 2000 | 971.4 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 2001 | 1,251 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2002 | 642.7 kg/ha | -48.6% |
| 2003 | 1,328 kg/ha | +106.6% |
| 2004 | 949.9 kg/ha | -28.5% |
| 2005 | 1,610 kg/ha | +69.5% |
| 2006 | 578.1 kg/ha | -64.1% |
| 2007 | 901.2 kg/ha | +55.9% |
| 2008 | 1,076 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 2009 | 1,212 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2010 | 1,120 kg/ha | -7.6% |
| 2011 | 1,438 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 2012 | 1,257 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2013 | 1,449 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2014 | 1,340 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2015 | 1,202 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 2016 | 1,712 kg/ha | +42.4% |
| 2017 | 1,212 kg/ha | -29.2% |
| 2018 | 1,063 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2019 | 998.5 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2020 | 1,422 kg/ha | +42.5% |
| 2021 | 1,822 kg/ha | +28.1% |
| 2022 | 2,079 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 2023 | 1,694 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2024 | 1,643 kg/ha | -3.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,643 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,047 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1,643 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,124 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 796.72 kg/ha | 436.2 kg/ha | 1,015 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 711.48 kg/ha | 391.9 kg/ha | 929.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 987.85 kg/ha | 766.2 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,103 kg/ha | 659.6 kg/ha | 1,349 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,052 kg/ha | 578.1 kg/ha | 1,610 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,279 kg/ha | 998.5 kg/ha | 1,712 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,732 kg/ha | 1,422 kg/ha | 2,079 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 56 Trinidad and Tobago 1,657 kg/ha compare
- 57 Czechia 1,654 kg/ha compare
- 58 Australia and New Zealand 1,647 kg/ha compare
- 60 Republic of Korea 1,632 kg/ha compare
- 61 Kyrgyzstan 1,625 kg/ha compare
- 62 Afghanistan 1,611 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 pulses, total — yield in Australia?
- Pulses, total — yield in Australia was 1,643 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pulses, total — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,079 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest pulses, total — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 391.9 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Australia rank for pulses, total — yield?
- Australia ranks 59th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is pulses, total — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.6%. 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 Pulses, Total — 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.