Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Australia
Australia: Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield was 40,838 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, roots and tubers, total — yield in Australia stood at 40,838 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots and tubers, total — yield in Australia peaked at 40,838 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 12,305 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 10th out of 191 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.
Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,305 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,960 kg/ha | +13.4% |
| 1963 | 14,688 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1964 | 13,817 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1965 | 14,477 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1966 | 16,624 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1967 | 16,183 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 15,581 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1969 | 17,611 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1970 | 17,512 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1971 | 19,951 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1972 | 20,262 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1973 | 19,616 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 18,976 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1975 | 19,662 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 20,756 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 21,441 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 21,340 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 22,830 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1980 | 23,285 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 24,125 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1982 | 25,309 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1983 | 22,894 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1984 | 26,765 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1985 | 25,739 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1986 | 26,718 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 27,518 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 26,999 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1989 | 27,696 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1990 | 28,818 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 28,390 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 28,735 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 28,869 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1994 | 29,204 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 29,625 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 31,158 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1997 | 31,231 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 32,161 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1999 | 32,039 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 28,518 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2001 | 32,874 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2002 | 35,126 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2003 | 34,711 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 36,184 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2005 | 34,385 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 35,106 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 35,510 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 37,692 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2009 | 35,627 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 34,898 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 34,907 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 38,006 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2013 | 38,364 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2014 | 39,689 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2015 | 39,216 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 40,293 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 38,951 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 39,900 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 37,896 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 39,768 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 40,428 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 40,699 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2023 | 40,614 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 40,838 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 40,838 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 27,824 kg/ha, 1.5× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Australia's 40,838 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 13,930 kg/ha, 2.9× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,027 kg/ha | 12,305 kg/ha | 17,611 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,234 kg/ha | 17,512 kg/ha | 22,830 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,705 kg/ha | 22,894 kg/ha | 27,696 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,023 kg/ha | 28,390 kg/ha | 32,161 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 34,573 kg/ha | 28,518 kg/ha | 37,692 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 38,212 kg/ha | 34,898 kg/ha | 40,293 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 40,470 kg/ha | 39,768 kg/ha | 40,838 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15,956 kg/ha compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 42,221 kg/ha compare
- 8 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 41,703 kg/ha compare
- 9 Canada 41,658 kg/ha compare
- 9 Melanesia 8,699 kg/ha compare
- 11 Bahrain 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 11 Micronesia (Federated States of) 8,532 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 8,025 kg/ha compare
- 12 Jordan 39,909 kg/ha compare
- 13 Ireland 39,606 kg/ha compare
- 13 Micronesia 7,871 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 roots and tubers, total — yield in Australia?
- Roots and tubers, total — yield in Australia was 40,838 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 40,838 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest roots and tubers, total — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,305 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for roots and tubers, total — yield?
- Australia ranks 10th out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is roots and tubers, total — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. 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 Roots and Tubers, Total — 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.