Rice — Yield in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Rice — Yield was 11,914 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rice — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, rice — yield in Australia and New Zealand stood at 11,914 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 25.2% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice — yield in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 11,914 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,122 kg/ha, in 1975.
That places Australia and New Zealand 2nd out of 114 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rice — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,900 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,844 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1963 | 6,298 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 6,074 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1965 | 6,336 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 7,176 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1967 | 7,407 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1968 | 7,418 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 7,924 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1970 | 6,227 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1971 | 7,392 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1972 | 6,128 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1973 | 6,851 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1974 | 6,059 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1975 | 5,122 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 1976 | 5,572 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1977 | 5,758 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 5,356 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1979 | 6,279 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1980 | 5,270 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1981 | 7,170 kg/ha | +36.1% |
| 1982 | 6,748 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 6,753 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1984 | 5,326 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1985 | 7,094 kg/ha | +33.2% |
| 1986 | 6,475 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1987 | 5,725 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1988 | 7,220 kg/ha | +26.1% |
| 1989 | 8,299 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1990 | 8,800 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 8,843 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 8,835 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 7,640 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 1994 | 8,154 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1995 | 8,800 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1996 | 6,354 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1997 | 8,326 kg/ha | +31.0% |
| 1998 | 9,426 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1999 | 9,162 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 8,257 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2001 | 9,307 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2002 | 8,258 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 2003 | 9,558 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2004 | 8,330 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2005 | 6,617 kg/ha | -20.6% |
| 2006 | 9,818 kg/ha | +48.4% |
| 2007 | 8,261 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2008 | 7,599 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2009 | 8,461 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 2010 | 10,390 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2011 | 9,544 kg/ha | -8.1% |
| 2012 | 8,910 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 10,218 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2014 | 10,683 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2015 | 9,910 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2016 | 10,289 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 9,821 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 10,386 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 8,771 kg/ha | -15.5% |
| 2020 | 10,031 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2021 | 9,382 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2022 | 11,054 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2023 | 9,516 kg/ha | -13.9% |
| 2024 | 11,914 kg/ha | +25.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,820 kg/ha | 5,900 kg/ha | 7,924 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 6,074 kg/ha | 5,122 kg/ha | 7,392 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 6,608 kg/ha | 5,270 kg/ha | 8,299 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,434 kg/ha | 6,354 kg/ha | 9,426 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,447 kg/ha | 6,617 kg/ha | 9,818 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,892 kg/ha | 8,771 kg/ha | 10,683 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,380 kg/ha | 9,382 kg/ha | 11,914 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is rice — yield in Australia and New Zealand?
- Rice — yield in Australia and New Zealand was 11,914 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 11,914 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest rice — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,122 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for rice — yield?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 2nd out of 114 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rice — yield rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — 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.