Wheat — Production in Australia
Australia: Wheat — Production was 34.11 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Production in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia recorded 34.11 million t for wheat — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 21.7% on the previous year and up 43.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — production in Australia peaked at 41.20 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 6.59 million t, in 1972.
Australia ranks 8th 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 — Production in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.73 million t | — |
| 1962 | 8.35 million t | +24.2% |
| 1963 | 8.92 million t | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 10.04 million t | +12.5% |
| 1965 | 7.07 million t | -29.6% |
| 1966 | 12.70 million t | +79.7% |
| 1967 | 7.55 million t | -40.6% |
| 1968 | 14.80 million t | +96.2% |
| 1969 | 10.55 million t | -28.8% |
| 1970 | 7.89 million t | -25.2% |
| 1971 | 8.61 million t | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 6.59 million t | -23.4% |
| 1973 | 11.99 million t | +81.9% |
| 1974 | 11.36 million t | -5.3% |
| 1975 | 11.98 million t | +5.5% |
| 1976 | 11.80 million t | -1.5% |
| 1977 | 9.37 million t | -20.6% |
| 1978 | 18.09 million t | +93.1% |
| 1979 | 16.19 million t | -10.5% |
| 1980 | 10.86 million t | -32.9% |
| 1981 | 16.36 million t | +50.7% |
| 1982 | 8.88 million t | -45.7% |
| 1983 | 22.02 million t | +148.1% |
| 1984 | 18.67 million t | -15.2% |
| 1985 | 16.00 million t | -14.3% |
| 1986 | 16.12 million t | +0.8% |
| 1987 | 12.29 million t | -23.8% |
| 1988 | 13.94 million t | +13.4% |
| 1989 | 14.21 million t | +2.0% |
| 1990 | 15.07 million t | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 10.56 million t | -29.9% |
| 1992 | 14.74 million t | +39.6% |
| 1993 | 16.48 million t | +11.8% |
| 1994 | 8.96 million t | -45.6% |
| 1995 | 16.50 million t | +84.2% |
| 1996 | 22.92 million t | +38.9% |
| 1997 | 19.22 million t | -16.1% |
| 1998 | 21.46 million t | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 24.76 million t | +15.3% |
| 2000 | 22.11 million t | -10.7% |
| 2001 | 24.30 million t | +9.9% |
| 2002 | 10.13 million t | -58.3% |
| 2003 | 26.13 million t | +157.9% |
| 2004 | 21.91 million t | -16.2% |
| 2005 | 25.15 million t | +14.8% |
| 2006 | 10.82 million t | -57.0% |
| 2007 | 13.57 million t | +25.4% |
| 2008 | 21.42 million t | +57.9% |
| 2009 | 21.83 million t | +1.9% |
| 2010 | 27.41 million t | +25.5% |
| 2011 | 29.91 million t | +9.1% |
| 2012 | 22.86 million t | -23.6% |
| 2013 | 25.30 million t | +10.7% |
| 2014 | 23.74 million t | -6.2% |
| 2015 | 22.27 million t | -6.2% |
| 2016 | 31.82 million t | +42.8% |
| 2017 | 20.94 million t | -34.2% |
| 2018 | 17.60 million t | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 14.48 million t | -17.7% |
| 2020 | 31.92 million t | +120.5% |
| 2021 | 36.24 million t | +13.5% |
| 2022 | 41.20 million t | +13.7% |
| 2023 | 28.03 million t | -32.0% |
| 2024 | 34.11 million t | +21.7% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 34.11 million t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.09 million t, 31.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Australia's 34.11 million t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 430,930 t, 79.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9.63 million t | 6.73 million t | 14.80 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.39 million t | 6.59 million t | 18.09 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 14.93 million t | 8.88 million t | 22.02 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 17.07 million t | 8.96 million t | 24.76 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 19.74 million t | 10.13 million t | 26.13 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.63 million t | 14.48 million t | 31.82 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.30 million t | 28.03 million t | 41.20 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 2.43 million t compare
- 5 USSR 71.99 million t compare
- 6 Canada 35.94 million t compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 1.19 million t compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 292,710 t compare
- 7 Australia and New Zealand 34.57 million t compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 119,000 t compare
- 9 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 90,073 t compare
- 9 Pakistan 31.81 million t compare
- 10 France 26.61 million t compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 9,000 t compare
- 11 Ukraine 22.44 million t compare
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 — production in Australia?
- Wheat — production in Australia was 34.11 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — production recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 41.20 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — production recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.59 million t in 1972.
- How does Australia rank for wheat — production?
- Australia ranks 8th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — production rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 43.7%. 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 Wheat — Production. 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.