Rye — Area harvested in Australia
Australia: Rye — Area harvested was 41,335 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Rye — Area harvested in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 41,335 ha for rye — area harvested in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 8.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rye — area harvested in Australia peaked at 74,619 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 14,632 ha, in 1975.
That places Australia 16th out of 66 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Rye — Area harvested in Australia, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 25,375 ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,493 ha | -7.4% |
| 1963 | 23,353 ha | -0.6% |
| 1964 | 29,047 ha | +24.4% |
| 1965 | 26,227 ha | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 35,489 ha | +35.3% |
| 1967 | 34,553 ha | -2.6% |
| 1968 | 39,254 ha | +13.6% |
| 1969 | 34,244 ha | -12.8% |
| 1970 | 40,707 ha | +18.9% |
| 1971 | 41,458 ha | +1.8% |
| 1972 | 28,198 ha | -32.0% |
| 1973 | 28,062 ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 16,178 ha | -42.3% |
| 1975 | 14,632 ha | -9.6% |
| 1976 | 20,648 ha | +41.1% |
| 1977 | 33,599 ha | +62.7% |
| 1978 | 49,961 ha | +48.7% |
| 1979 | 26,402 ha | -47.2% |
| 1980 | 20,650 ha | -21.8% |
| 1981 | 35,000 ha | +69.5% |
| 1982 | 41,966 ha | +19.9% |
| 1983 | 51,781 ha | +23.4% |
| 1984 | 31,472 ha | -39.2% |
| 1985 | 48,263 ha | +53.4% |
| 1986 | 74,619 ha | +54.6% |
| 1987 | 42,074 ha | -43.6% |
| 1988 | 34,620 ha | -17.7% |
| 1989 | 37,440 ha | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 32,000 ha | -14.5% |
| 1991 | 42,000 ha | +31.2% |
| 1992 | 42,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 30,200 ha | -28.1% |
| 1994 | 35,000 ha | +15.9% |
| 1995 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 35,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 61,500 ha | +75.7% |
| 2009 | 49,613 ha | -19.3% |
| 2010 | 47,670 ha | -3.9% |
| 2011 | 47,514 ha | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 60,000 ha | +26.3% |
| 2013 | 47,057 ha | -21.6% |
| 2014 | 45,010 ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 44,846 ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 43,446 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 40,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 41,494 ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 41,494 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 41,147 ha | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 41,378 ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 41,340 ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 41,288 ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 41,335 ha | +0.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 41,335 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 12,740 ha, 3.2× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Rye — Area harvested 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | +75.7% | 35,000 ha | 61,500 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,115 ha | 23,353 ha | 39,254 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 29,984 ha | 14,632 ha | 49,961 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 41,788 ha | 20,650 ha | 74,619 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,620 ha | 30,200 ha | 42,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,111 ha | 35,000 ha | 61,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,853 ha | 40,000 ha | 60,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,298 ha | 41,147 ha | 41,378 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 13 Iraq 74,397 ha compare
- 14 Ukraine 69,700 ha compare
- 15 Egypt 47,869 ha compare
- 16 Australia and New Zealand 41,335 ha compare
- 18 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 36,840 ha compare
- 19 Yugoslav SFR 34,797 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 rye — area harvested in Australia?
- Rye — area harvested in Australia was 41,335 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rye — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 74,619 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest rye — area harvested recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,632 ha in 1975.
- How does Australia rank for rye — area harvested?
- Australia ranks 16th out of 66 countries with data for 2024.
- Is rye — area harvested rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.2%. 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 Rye — 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.