Wheat and products — Seed in Australia
Australia: Wheat and products — Seed was 791 1000 t in 2023. ▼ Falling
Wheat and products — Seed in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat and products — seed in Australia is 791 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 35.4% on the previous year and up 25.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — seed in Australia peaked at 791 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 359 1000 t, in 2020.
That places Australia 16th out of 125 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Seed in Australia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 695 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 662 1000 t | -4.7% |
| 2012 | 676 1000 t | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 631 1000 t | -6.7% |
| 2014 | 627 1000 t | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 589 1000 t | -6.1% |
| 2016 | 552 1000 t | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 789 1000 t | +42.9% |
| 2018 | 519 1000 t | -34.2% |
| 2019 | 470 1000 t | -9.4% |
| 2020 | 359 1000 t | -23.6% |
| 2021 | 791 1000 t | +120.3% |
| 2022 | 584 1000 t | -26.2% |
| 2023 | 791 1000 t | +35.4% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 791 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 55 1000 t, 14.4× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Australia's 791 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7 1000 t, 113.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wheat and products — Seed 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +120.3% | 359 1000 t | 791 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 621 1000 t | 470 1000 t | 789 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 631.25 1000 t | 359 1000 t | 791 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
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 wheat and products — seed in Australia?
- Wheat and products — seed in Australia was 791 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — seed recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 791 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — seed recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 359 1000 t in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for wheat and products — seed?
- Australia ranks 16th out of 125 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — seed rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.4%. 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 Wheat and products — Seed. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.