Rape or colza seed — Yield in Australia
Australia: Rape or colza seed — Yield was 1,860 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Australia, 1968–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1,860 kg/ha for rape or colza seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.9% on the previous year and up 52.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rape or colza seed — yield in Australia peaked at 2,098 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 324.6 kg/ha, in 1972.
That places Australia 43rd out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 57 years of available data.
Rape or colza seed — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 358.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1969 | 920.5 kg/ha | +156.5% |
| 1970 | 784 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 1971 | 642.6 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1972 | 324.6 kg/ha | -49.5% |
| 1973 | 629.2 kg/ha | +93.8% |
| 1974 | 720.2 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1975 | 750.8 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1976 | 1,102 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 1977 | 824.5 kg/ha | -25.2% |
| 1978 | 1,053 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1979 | 988.5 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1980 | 731.8 kg/ha | -26.0% |
| 1981 | 927.9 kg/ha | +26.8% |
| 1982 | 546 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 1983 | 967.4 kg/ha | +77.2% |
| 1984 | 1,078 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1985 | 1,174 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1986 | 1,177 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 1,131 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1988 | 1,357 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 1,571 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1990 | 1,350 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1991 | 1,131 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1992 | 1,661 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 1993 | 1,728 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 740.8 kg/ha | -57.1% |
| 1995 | 1,479 kg/ha | +99.7% |
| 1996 | 1,528 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1997 | 1,225 kg/ha | -19.8% |
| 1998 | 1,355 kg/ha | +10.6% |
| 1999 | 1,266 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2000 | 1,216 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 1,319 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 671.1 kg/ha | -49.1% |
| 2003 | 1,406 kg/ha | +109.6% |
| 2004 | 1,120 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2005 | 1,460 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 2006 | 545.1 kg/ha | -62.7% |
| 2007 | 950.9 kg/ha | +74.4% |
| 2008 | 1,090 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2009 | 1,125 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2010 | 1,135 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 1,393 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 2012 | 1,266 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 1,408 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 1,222 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2015 | 1,327 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2016 | 1,609 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 2017 | 1,228 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2018 | 1,116 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2019 | 1,130 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 1,820 kg/ha | +61.0% |
| 2021 | 2,098 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2022 | 2,047 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2023 | 2,020 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 1,860 kg/ha | -7.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,860 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 2,758 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1,860 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,869 kg/ha, 100% of the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rape or colza seed — Yield in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +156.5% | 358.8 kg/ha | 920.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 639.65 kg/ha | 358.8 kg/ha | 920.5 kg/ha | 2 |
| 1970s | 781.95 kg/ha | 324.6 kg/ha | 1,102 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,066 kg/ha | 546 kg/ha | 1,571 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,346 kg/ha | 740.8 kg/ha | 1,728 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,090 kg/ha | 545.1 kg/ha | 1,460 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,283 kg/ha | 1,116 kg/ha | 1,609 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,969 kg/ha | 1,820 kg/ha | 2,098 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 40 Kazakhstan 1,917 kg/ha compare
- 41 Japan 1,869 kg/ha compare
- 42 Australia and New Zealand 1,860 kg/ha compare
- 44 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,790 kg/ha compare
- 45 Russian Federation 1,766 kg/ha compare
- 46 Uruguay 1,758 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 rape or colza seed — yield in Australia?
- Rape or colza seed — yield in Australia was 1,860 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,098 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest rape or colza seed — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 324.6 kg/ha in 1972.
- How does Australia rank for rape or colza seed — yield?
- Australia ranks 43rd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rape or colza seed — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 52.2%. 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 Rape or colza seed — 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.