Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Australia
Australia: Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield was 2,544 kg/ha in 2005. ▲ Rising
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Australia, 1961–2005
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2005, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Australia stood at 2,544 kg/ha.
The figure is up 3.3% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Australia peaked at 3,000 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 1,055 kg/ha, in 1962.
Australia ranks 29th of 128 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Unmanufactured tobacco — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,272 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,055 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 1963 | 1,150 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1964 | 1,472 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1965 | 1,188 kg/ha | -19.3% |
| 1966 | 1,450 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1967 | 1,551 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 1,339 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 1969 | 1,645 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1970 | 1,752 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 1,730 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 1,609 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1973 | 1,767 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1974 | 1,765 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1975 | 1,672 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1976 | 1,623 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1977 | 1,714 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1978 | 1,764 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 1,860 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1980 | 2,006 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1981 | 2,045 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 1,996 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1983 | 2,009 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1984 | 2,218 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1985 | 2,301 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 2,297 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 2,391 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 2,497 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1989 | 2,488 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1990 | 2,429 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 2,573 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 2,435 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1993 | 2,527 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 2,774 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1995 | 2,336 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1996 | 2,795 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1997 | 2,702 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1998 | 2,917 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1999 | 2,518 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2000 | 2,437 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 3,000 kg/ha | +23.1% |
| 2002 | 3,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,802 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2004 | 2,462 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 2005 | 2,544 kg/ha | +3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,347 kg/ha | 1,055 kg/ha | 1,645 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,726 kg/ha | 1,609 kg/ha | 1,860 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,225 kg/ha | 1,996 kg/ha | 2,497 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,601 kg/ha | 2,336 kg/ha | 2,917 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,708 kg/ha | 2,437 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Australia?
- Unmanufactured tobacco — yield in Australia was 2,544 kg/ha in 2005, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,000 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest unmanufactured tobacco — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,055 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Australia rank for unmanufactured tobacco — yield?
- Australia ranks 29th out of 128 countries with data for 2005.
- Is unmanufactured tobacco — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. 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 Unmanufactured tobacco — 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.