Tomatoes — Yield in Australia
Australia: Tomatoes — Yield was 83,340 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tomatoes — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tomatoes — yield in Australia stood at 83,340 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 56.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tomatoes — yield in Australia peaked at 83,340 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 18,745 kg/ha, in 1974.
Australia ranks 29th of 169 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Tomatoes — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,361 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,361 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 19,628 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1964 | 20,848 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1965 | 22,653 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1966 | 24,004 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1967 | 24,408 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 22,294 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1969 | 22,165 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 22,567 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1971 | 23,974 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1972 | 22,843 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 22,512 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1974 | 18,745 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 21,027 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1976 | 20,481 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 20,718 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1978 | 21,345 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1979 | 21,126 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1980 | 23,304 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1981 | 23,941 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1982 | 25,145 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1983 | 25,715 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1984 | 28,326 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 1985 | 29,108 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1986 | 33,218 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1987 | 31,124 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1988 | 33,826 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1989 | 34,860 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 33,534 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 36,154 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1992 | 36,703 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 32,705 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1994 | 36,754 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1995 | 39,278 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 43,230 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1997 | 44,521 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1998 | 47,380 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1999 | 46,131 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2000 | 49,702 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2001 | 58,050 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2002 | 50,130 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2003 | 49,852 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 56,054 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2005 | 52,250 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2006 | 58,124 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2007 | 40,592 kg/ha | -30.2% |
| 2008 | 53,372 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 2009 | 64,824 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 2010 | 61,014 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 36,599 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 2012 | 50,103 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 2013 | 72,441 kg/ha | +44.6% |
| 2014 | 53,134 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 2015 | 66,565 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 2016 | 74,616 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 2017 | 77,657 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2018 | 80,646 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2019 | 76,949 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2020 | 75,950 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 76,408 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 80,046 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 81,878 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 83,340 kg/ha | +1.8% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 83,340 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 71,720 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Australia's 83,340 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 19,540 kg/ha, 4.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,858 kg/ha | 19,628 kg/ha | 24,408 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 21,534 kg/ha | 18,745 kg/ha | 23,974 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 28,857 kg/ha | 23,304 kg/ha | 34,860 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 39,639 kg/ha | 32,705 kg/ha | 47,380 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 53,295 kg/ha | 40,592 kg/ha | 64,824 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,972 kg/ha | 36,599 kg/ha | 80,646 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 79,524 kg/ha | 75,950 kg/ha | 83,340 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 tomatoes — yield in Australia?
- Tomatoes — yield in Australia was 83,340 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tomatoes — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 83,340 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tomatoes — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,745 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Australia rank for tomatoes — yield?
- Australia ranks 29th out of 169 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tomatoes — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 56.8%. 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 Tomatoes — 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.