Spinach — Yield in Australia
Australia: Spinach — Yield was 6,257 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Spinach — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for spinach — yield in Australia is 6,257 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, spinach — yield in Australia peaked at 17,583 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 6,157 kg/ha, in 2007.
That places Australia 53rd out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Spinach — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 17,031 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 17,583 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1963 | 14,687 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1964 | 15,007 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 15,687 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1966 | 16,421 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1967 | 16,235 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1968 | 16,029 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 14,647 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1970 | 15,887 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 17,457 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1972 | 16,349 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 15,994 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 16,801 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 15,381 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1976 | 13,911 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1977 | 13,724 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1978 | 13,376 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 14,811 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 1980 | 13,529 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1981 | 13,889 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 13,889 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 16,286 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1984 | 14,557 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1985 | 14,873 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1986 | 14,709 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 14,333 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 13,390 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1989 | 16,182 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 1990 | 14,293 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1991 | 14,352 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1992 | 13,684 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1993 | 12,101 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1994 | 14,000 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1995 | 13,636 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 13,429 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 12,033 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1998 | 11,111 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1999 | 10,869 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 10,493 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 10,043 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 9,606 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 8,462 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2004 | 8,779 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 8,125 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 2006 | 7,856 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 6,157 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 2008 | 8,450 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 2009 | 6,291 kg/ha | -25.5% |
| 2010 | 6,930 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2011 | 7,159 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2012 | 6,994 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 7,035 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 6,856 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 6,927 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 6,882 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 6,834 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 6,788 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 6,415 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2020 | 6,248 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 6,286 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 6,367 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 6,317 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 6,257 kg/ha | -0.9% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 6,257 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 10,617 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Australia's 6,257 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,903 kg/ha, 57% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Spinach — Yield 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 | +37.2% | 6,157 kg/ha | 8,450 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,925 kg/ha | 14,647 kg/ha | 17,583 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 15,369 kg/ha | 13,376 kg/ha | 17,457 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,564 kg/ha | 13,390 kg/ha | 16,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,951 kg/ha | 10,869 kg/ha | 14,352 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,426 kg/ha | 6,157 kg/ha | 10,493 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,882 kg/ha | 6,415 kg/ha | 7,159 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,295 kg/ha | 6,248 kg/ha | 6,367 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 50 Iraq 7,388 kg/ha compare
- 51 Bangladesh 6,779 kg/ha compare
- 52 Ukraine 6,667 kg/ha compare
- 54 Bulgaria 5,900 kg/ha compare
- 55 Australia and New Zealand 5,586 kg/ha compare
- 56 Costa Rica 5,399 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 spinach — yield in Australia?
- Spinach — yield in Australia was 6,257 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest spinach — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 17,583 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest spinach — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,157 kg/ha in 2007.
- How does Australia rank for spinach — yield?
- Australia ranks 53rd out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is spinach — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.7%. 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 Spinach — 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.