Wheat — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Wheat — Area harvested was 13.11 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for wheat — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand is 13.11 million ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 24.3% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 13.95 million ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 6.03 million ha, in 1961.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 6th of 124 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.03 million ha | — |
| 1962 | 6.74 million ha | +11.7% |
| 1963 | 6.76 million ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 7.33 million ha | +8.5% |
| 1965 | 7.16 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 8.51 million ha | +18.8% |
| 1967 | 9.17 million ha | +7.8% |
| 1968 | 10.97 million ha | +19.6% |
| 1969 | 9.62 million ha | -12.4% |
| 1970 | 6.59 million ha | -31.5% |
| 1971 | 7.24 million ha | +9.8% |
| 1972 | 7.71 million ha | +6.6% |
| 1973 | 9.06 million ha | +17.4% |
| 1974 | 8.37 million ha | -7.5% |
| 1975 | 8.61 million ha | +2.8% |
| 1976 | 9.06 million ha | +5.2% |
| 1977 | 10.05 million ha | +10.9% |
| 1978 | 10.34 million ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 11.24 million ha | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 11.37 million ha | +1.1% |
| 1981 | 11.97 million ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 11.59 million ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 13.00 million ha | +12.2% |
| 1984 | 12.15 million ha | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 11.75 million ha | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 11.23 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1987 | 9.09 million ha | -19.0% |
| 1988 | 8.88 million ha | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 9.04 million ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 9.26 million ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 7.22 million ha | -22.0% |
| 1992 | 8.31 million ha | +15.1% |
| 1993 | 8.42 million ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 7.94 million ha | -5.8% |
| 1995 | 9.27 million ha | +16.9% |
| 1996 | 10.99 million ha | +18.5% |
| 1997 | 10.50 million ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 11.59 million ha | +10.4% |
| 1999 | 12.39 million ha | +6.9% |
| 2000 | 12.19 million ha | -1.6% |
| 2001 | 11.58 million ha | -5.0% |
| 2002 | 11.21 million ha | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 13.11 million ha | +16.9% |
| 2004 | 13.44 million ha | +2.5% |
| 2005 | 12.48 million ha | -7.1% |
| 2006 | 11.84 million ha | -5.2% |
| 2007 | 12.62 million ha | +6.6% |
| 2008 | 13.57 million ha | +7.6% |
| 2009 | 13.93 million ha | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 13.56 million ha | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 13.95 million ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 13.03 million ha | -6.6% |
| 2013 | 12.66 million ha | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 12.43 million ha | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 11.33 million ha | -8.9% |
| 2016 | 12.24 million ha | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 10.96 million ha | -10.5% |
| 2018 | 10.44 million ha | -4.7% |
| 2019 | 9.91 million ha | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 12.69 million ha | +28.1% |
| 2021 | 12.77 million ha | +0.7% |
| 2022 | 12.97 million ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 10.55 million ha | -18.7% |
| 2024 | 13.11 million ha | +24.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8.03 million ha | 6.03 million ha | 10.97 million ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8.83 million ha | 6.59 million ha | 11.24 million ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.01 million ha | 8.88 million ha | 13.00 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.59 million ha | 7.22 million ha | 12.39 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.60 million ha | 11.21 million ha | 13.93 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.05 million ha | 9.91 million ha | 13.95 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.42 million ha | 10.55 million ha | 13.11 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 3 Russian Federation 26.95 million ha compare
- 4 China 23.59 million ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 23.59 million ha compare
- 7 Kazakhstan 13.07 million ha compare
- 8 Australia 13.06 million ha compare
- 9 Canada 10.65 million ha compare
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.3506 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.9752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 0.1776 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -0.9752 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.6997 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 30.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 0.8937 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Wheat — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 13.11 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 13.95 million ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.03 million ha in 1961.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 6th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Wheat — Area harvested. 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.