Vegetables Primary — Yield in Australia
Australia: Vegetables Primary — Yield was 26,794 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vegetables primary — yield in Australia is 26,794 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 3.7% on the previous year and up 9.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetables primary — yield in Australia peaked at 28,315 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 10,085 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Australia 42nd out of 191 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.
Vegetables Primary — Yield in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,085 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,359 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1963 | 10,108 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 11,250 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1965 | 10,952 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1966 | 11,738 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1967 | 11,863 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1968 | 11,341 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1969 | 12,417 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1970 | 12,880 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1971 | 13,124 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 12,841 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1973 | 12,482 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 12,732 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1975 | 12,837 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 13,505 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 14,788 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1978 | 16,421 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1979 | 15,213 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1980 | 16,088 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1981 | 15,796 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 15,532 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 16,606 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1984 | 17,622 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1985 | 18,466 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1986 | 18,234 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 18,821 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1988 | 18,765 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1989 | 18,949 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 20,029 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1991 | 21,285 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1992 | 20,699 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 19,519 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1994 | 20,958 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 20,870 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 21,256 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1997 | 20,838 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1998 | 21,731 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1999 | 22,107 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 23,155 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2001 | 24,620 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2002 | 24,547 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 23,357 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2004 | 25,060 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2005 | 25,843 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2006 | 24,832 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 24,777 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 27,674 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 2009 | 27,271 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2010 | 26,350 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 22,981 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 2012 | 25,966 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2013 | 28,315 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2014 | 24,455 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 2015 | 27,060 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2016 | 26,582 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 25,479 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2018 | 26,254 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 26,186 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 26,657 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 26,595 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 27,019 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2023 | 25,848 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 26,794 kg/ha | +3.7% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 26,794 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 25,362 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Australia's 26,794 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 12,603 kg/ha, 2.1× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,124 kg/ha | 10,085 kg/ha | 12,417 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 13,682 kg/ha | 12,482 kg/ha | 16,421 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 17,488 kg/ha | 15,532 kg/ha | 18,949 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,929 kg/ha | 19,519 kg/ha | 22,107 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,113 kg/ha | 23,155 kg/ha | 27,674 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,963 kg/ha | 22,981 kg/ha | 28,315 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,582 kg/ha | 25,848 kg/ha | 27,019 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 vegetables primary — yield in Australia?
- Vegetables primary — yield in Australia was 26,794 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 28,315 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest vegetables primary — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,085 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for vegetables primary — yield?
- Australia ranks 42nd out of 191 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vegetables primary — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.6%. 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 Vegetables Primary — Yield. 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.