Wheat — Area harvested in Austria
Austria: Wheat — Area harvested was 274,230 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Wheat — Area harvested in Austria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Austria recorded 274,230 ha for wheat — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.7% on the previous year and down 10.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — area harvested in Austria peaked at 324,415 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 240,961 ha, in 1994.
That places Austria 53rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Wheat — Area harvested in Austria, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 275,822 ha | — |
| 1962 | 270,351 ha | -2.0% |
| 1963 | 274,722 ha | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 282,967 ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 275,654 ha | -2.6% |
| 1966 | 313,812 ha | +13.8% |
| 1967 | 316,319 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 305,691 ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 286,470 ha | -6.3% |
| 1970 | 275,229 ha | -3.9% |
| 1971 | 273,849 ha | -0.5% |
| 1972 | 274,404 ha | +0.2% |
| 1973 | 266,287 ha | -3.0% |
| 1974 | 269,131 ha | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 269,567 ha | +0.2% |
| 1976 | 289,328 ha | +7.3% |
| 1977 | 285,158 ha | -1.4% |
| 1978 | 286,038 ha | +0.3% |
| 1979 | 270,188 ha | -5.5% |
| 1980 | 268,753 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 274,286 ha | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 289,090 ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 312,883 ha | +8.2% |
| 1984 | 315,126 ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 319,837 ha | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 324,415 ha | +1.4% |
| 1987 | 320,366 ha | -1.2% |
| 1988 | 291,938 ha | -8.9% |
| 1989 | 278,068 ha | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 278,226 ha | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 271,068 ha | -2.6% |
| 1992 | 245,728 ha | -9.3% |
| 1993 | 240,971 ha | -1.9% |
| 1994 | 240,961 ha | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 255,910 ha | +6.2% |
| 1996 | 247,602 ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 259,832 ha | +4.9% |
| 1998 | 264,405 ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 260,579 ha | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 293,806 ha | +12.8% |
| 2001 | 287,777 ha | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 288,764 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 272,001 ha | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 290,174 ha | +6.7% |
| 2005 | 288,960 ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 284,577 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 292,976 ha | +3.0% |
| 2008 | 296,775 ha | +1.3% |
| 2009 | 309,034 ha | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 302,852 ha | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 304,334 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 308,179 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 297,286 ha | -3.5% |
| 2014 | 304,645 ha | +2.5% |
| 2015 | 302,965 ha | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 315,088 ha | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 295,029 ha | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 294,290 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 278,340 ha | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 279,020 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 279,860 ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 295,510 ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 281,980 ha | -4.6% |
| 2024 | 274,230 ha | -2.7% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 274,230 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 214,750 ha, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Austria's 274,230 ha is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 363,655 ha, 75% of the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 289,090 ha | 270,351 ha | 316,319 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 275,918 ha | 266,287 ha | 289,328 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 299,476 ha | 268,753 ha | 324,415 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 256,528 ha | 240,961 ha | 278,226 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 290,484 ha | 272,001 ha | 309,034 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 300,301 ha | 278,340 ha | 315,088 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 282,120 ha | 274,230 ha | 295,510 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 50 Mongolia 317,739 ha compare
- 51 Bangladesh 311,677 ha compare
- 52 Uruguay 302,863 ha compare
- 54 Tajikistan 270,641 ha compare
- 55 Kyrgyzstan 240,182 ha compare
- 56 Japan 231,800 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Austria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0126 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 791 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.4906 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3028 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — area harvested in Austria?
- Wheat — area harvested in Austria was 274,230 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 324,415 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest wheat — area harvested recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 240,961 ha in 1994.
- How does Austria rank for wheat — area harvested?
- Austria ranks 53rd out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — area harvested rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Austria 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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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.