Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested was 39,653 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 39,653 ha for roots and tubers, total — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 3.6% on the previous year and up 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Australia peaked at 46,229 ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 29,573 ha, in 2020.
That places Australia 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 37,344 ha | — |
| 1962 | 38,409 ha | +2.9% |
| 1963 | 46,229 ha | +20.4% |
| 1964 | 41,450 ha | -10.3% |
| 1965 | 35,781 ha | -13.7% |
| 1966 | 39,141 ha | +9.4% |
| 1967 | 40,482 ha | +3.4% |
| 1968 | 43,012 ha | +6.2% |
| 1969 | 46,151 ha | +7.3% |
| 1970 | 43,579 ha | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 38,884 ha | -10.8% |
| 1972 | 40,698 ha | +4.7% |
| 1973 | 36,900 ha | -9.3% |
| 1974 | 34,364 ha | -6.9% |
| 1975 | 37,847 ha | +10.1% |
| 1976 | 33,694 ha | -11.0% |
| 1977 | 34,112 ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 36,314 ha | +6.5% |
| 1979 | 34,935 ha | -3.8% |
| 1980 | 36,985 ha | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 36,051 ha | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 36,453 ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 37,647 ha | +3.3% |
| 1984 | 38,268 ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 38,724 ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 36,131 ha | -6.7% |
| 1987 | 37,062 ha | +2.6% |
| 1988 | 40,227 ha | +8.5% |
| 1989 | 38,048 ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 41,084 ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 40,254 ha | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 40,232 ha | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 39,377 ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 40,852 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 38,158 ha | -6.6% |
| 1996 | 42,196 ha | +10.6% |
| 1997 | 41,533 ha | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 43,208 ha | +4.0% |
| 1999 | 42,098 ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 43,012 ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 40,522 ha | -5.8% |
| 2002 | 38,893 ha | -4.0% |
| 2003 | 36,999 ha | -4.9% |
| 2004 | 37,320 ha | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 38,687 ha | +3.7% |
| 2006 | 36,857 ha | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 35,515 ha | -3.6% |
| 2008 | 38,406 ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 34,272 ha | -10.8% |
| 2010 | 38,052 ha | +11.0% |
| 2011 | 33,950 ha | -10.8% |
| 2012 | 35,540 ha | +4.7% |
| 2013 | 34,957 ha | -1.6% |
| 2014 | 31,408 ha | -10.2% |
| 2015 | 31,472 ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 30,120 ha | -4.3% |
| 2017 | 30,621 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 32,083 ha | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 34,846 ha | +8.6% |
| 2020 | 29,573 ha | -15.1% |
| 2021 | 38,661 ha | +30.7% |
| 2022 | 38,213 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 38,273 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 39,653 ha | +3.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,889 ha | 35,781 ha | 46,229 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 37,133 ha | 33,694 ha | 43,579 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 37,560 ha | 36,051 ha | 40,227 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 40,899 ha | 38,158 ha | 43,208 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 38,048 ha | 34,272 ha | 43,012 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,305 ha | 30,120 ha | 38,052 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,875 ha | 29,573 ha | 39,653 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 84 Azerbaijan 45,450 ha compare
- 85 Namibia 45,153 ha compare
- 86 Republic of Korea 43,403 ha compare
- 88 Ecuador 38,047 ha compare
- 89 Chile 37,519 ha compare
- 90 Burkina Faso 34,261 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 roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Australia?
- Roots and tubers, total — area harvested in Australia was 39,653 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 46,229 ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,573 ha in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for roots and tubers, total — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 87th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.