Rice — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Rice — Area harvested was 51,969 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Rice — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 51,969 ha.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 176,576 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 2,318 ha, in 2008.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 56th of 133 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Rice — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,309 ha | +1.5% |
| 1963 | 22,229 ha | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 24,038 ha | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 24,935 ha | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 26,061 ha | +4.5% |
| 1967 | 29,835 ha | +14.5% |
| 1968 | 30,738 ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 33,696 ha | +9.6% |
| 1970 | 40,145 ha | +19.1% |
| 1971 | 40,721 ha | +1.4% |
| 1972 | 40,469 ha | -0.6% |
| 1973 | 45,100 ha | +11.4% |
| 1974 | 67,502 ha | +49.7% |
| 1975 | 75,562 ha | +11.9% |
| 1976 | 74,840 ha | -1.0% |
| 1977 | 92,038 ha | +23.0% |
| 1978 | 91,434 ha | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 110,230 ha | +20.6% |
| 1980 | 116,356 ha | +5.6% |
| 1981 | 106,000 ha | -8.9% |
| 1982 | 127,000 ha | +19.8% |
| 1983 | 77,000 ha | -39.4% |
| 1984 | 119,038 ha | +54.6% |
| 1985 | 121,800 ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 106,100 ha | -12.9% |
| 1987 | 95,900 ha | -9.6% |
| 1988 | 105,400 ha | +9.9% |
| 1989 | 97,000 ha | -8.0% |
| 1990 | 105,000 ha | +8.2% |
| 1991 | 89,000 ha | -15.2% |
| 1992 | 127,000 ha | +42.7% |
| 1993 | 125,000 ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 132,700 ha | +6.2% |
| 1995 | 129,200 ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 149,700 ha | +15.9% |
| 1997 | 166,700 ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 141,200 ha | -15.3% |
| 1999 | 151,700 ha | +7.4% |
| 2000 | 133,300 ha | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 176,576 ha | +32.5% |
| 2002 | 144,369 ha | -18.2% |
| 2003 | 45,838 ha | -68.2% |
| 2004 | 66,396 ha | +44.8% |
| 2005 | 51,216 ha | -22.9% |
| 2006 | 102,128 ha | +99.4% |
| 2007 | 19,708 ha | -80.7% |
| 2008 | 2,318 ha | -88.2% |
| 2009 | 7,194 ha | +210.4% |
| 2010 | 18,931 ha | +163.1% |
| 2011 | 75,783 ha | +300.3% |
| 2012 | 103,115 ha | +36.1% |
| 2013 | 113,638 ha | +10.2% |
| 2014 | 76,692 ha | -32.5% |
| 2015 | 69,664 ha | -9.2% |
| 2016 | 26,625 ha | -61.8% |
| 2017 | 82,204 ha | +208.7% |
| 2018 | 61,151 ha | -25.6% |
| 2019 | 7,620 ha | -87.5% |
| 2020 | 5,007 ha | -34.3% |
| 2021 | 45,084 ha | +800.4% |
| 2022 | 62,549 ha | +38.7% |
| 2023 | 52,188 ha | -16.6% |
| 2024 | 51,969 ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 25,760 ha | 20,000 ha | 33,696 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 67,804 ha | 40,145 ha | 110,230 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 107,159 ha | 77,000 ha | 127,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 131,720 ha | 89,000 ha | 166,700 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,904 ha | 2,318 ha | 176,576 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 63,542 ha | 7,620 ha | 113,638 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,359 ha | 5,007 ha | 62,549 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Rice — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 51,969 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 176,576 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest rice — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,318 ha in 2008.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for rice — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 56th out of 133 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.2%. 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 Rice — 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.