Rape or colza seed — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Rape or colza seed — Production was 6.40 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rape or colza seed — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, rape or colza seed — production in Australia and New Zealand stood at 6.40 million t.
That represents a change of down 14.8% on the previous year and up 80.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 8.92 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 150 t, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th of 69 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rape or colza seed — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 150 t | — |
| 1962 | 150 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 150 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 150 t | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 t | +33.3% |
| 1966 | 300 t | +50.0% |
| 1967 | 400 t | +33.3% |
| 1968 | 908 t | +127.0% |
| 1969 | 4,870 t | +436.3% |
| 1970 | 34,030 t | +598.8% |
| 1971 | 55,014 t | +61.7% |
| 1972 | 25,437 t | -53.8% |
| 1973 | 10,948 t | -57.0% |
| 1974 | 8,785 t | -19.8% |
| 1975 | 12,387 t | +41.0% |
| 1976 | 9,009 t | -27.3% |
| 1977 | 16,460 t | +82.7% |
| 1978 | 24,126 t | +46.6% |
| 1979 | 41,881 t | +73.6% |
| 1980 | 17,883 t | -57.3% |
| 1981 | 15,035 t | -15.9% |
| 1982 | 7,268 t | -51.7% |
| 1983 | 17,694 t | +143.5% |
| 1984 | 32,870 t | +85.8% |
| 1985 | 87,830 t | +167.2% |
| 1986 | 83,970 t | -4.4% |
| 1987 | 73,538 t | -12.4% |
| 1988 | 64,545 t | -12.2% |
| 1989 | 80,472 t | +24.7% |
| 1990 | 100,599 t | +25.0% |
| 1991 | 172,648 t | +71.6% |
| 1992 | 180,102 t | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 308,020 t | +71.0% |
| 1994 | 268,392 t | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 561,854 t | +109.3% |
| 1996 | 627,907 t | +11.8% |
| 1997 | 859,900 t | +36.9% |
| 1998 | 1.69 million t | +97.0% |
| 1999 | 2.43 million t | +43.4% |
| 2000 | 1.78 million t | -26.8% |
| 2001 | 1.76 million t | -1.1% |
| 2002 | 874,827 t | -50.3% |
| 2003 | 1.71 million t | +95.1% |
| 2004 | 1.55 million t | -9.4% |
| 2005 | 1.42 million t | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 576,243 t | -59.5% |
| 2007 | 1.22 million t | +111.1% |
| 2008 | 1.85 million t | +51.8% |
| 2009 | 1.91 million t | +3.5% |
| 2010 | 2.36 million t | +23.6% |
| 2011 | 3.43 million t | +45.2% |
| 2012 | 4.14 million t | +20.8% |
| 2013 | 3.83 million t | -7.5% |
| 2014 | 3.54 million t | -7.6% |
| 2015 | 2.78 million t | -21.6% |
| 2016 | 4.32 million t | +55.4% |
| 2017 | 3.90 million t | -9.7% |
| 2018 | 2.37 million t | -39.2% |
| 2019 | 2.30 million t | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 4.76 million t | +106.8% |
| 2021 | 6.82 million t | +43.4% |
| 2022 | 8.92 million t | +30.7% |
| 2023 | 7.51 million t | -15.8% |
| 2024 | 6.40 million t | -14.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 808.67 t | 150 t | 4,870 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,808 t | 8,785 t | 55,014 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 48,110 t | 7,268 t | 87,830 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 720,342 t | 100,599 t | 2.43 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.46 million t | 576,243 t | 1.91 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.30 million t | 2.30 million t | 4.32 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.88 million t | 4.76 million t | 8.92 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rape or colza seed — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Rape or colza seed — production in Australia and New Zealand was 6.40 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 8.92 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 150 t in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for rape or colza seed — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 5th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 80.6%. 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 Rape or colza seed — Production. 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.