Wheat — Yield in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Wheat — Yield was 2,638 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia and New Zealand recorded 2,638 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and up 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 3,208 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 790.9 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Australia and New Zealand 78th out of 124 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Wheat — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,157 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,271 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 1,357 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 1,406 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 1,022 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1966 | 1,527 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 1967 | 860.4 kg/ha | -43.7% |
| 1968 | 1,390 kg/ha | +61.5% |
| 1969 | 1,144 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1970 | 1,241 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1971 | 1,234 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 905.1 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1973 | 1,365 kg/ha | +50.8% |
| 1974 | 1,382 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 1,412 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1976 | 1,345 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1977 | 967.5 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1978 | 1,781 kg/ha | +84.1% |
| 1979 | 1,466 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1980 | 981.8 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 1981 | 1,394 kg/ha | +42.0% |
| 1982 | 790.9 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 1983 | 1,716 kg/ha | +117.0% |
| 1984 | 1,563 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 1985 | 1,388 kg/ha | -11.2% |
| 1986 | 1,470 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1987 | 1,389 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1988 | 1,593 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1989 | 1,587 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 1,648 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 1,487 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1992 | 1,796 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1993 | 1,982 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 1,160 kg/ha | -41.5% |
| 1995 | 1,806 kg/ha | +55.7% |
| 1996 | 2,112 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1997 | 1,862 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1998 | 1,878 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1999 | 2,024 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 1,840 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2001 | 2,130 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 2002 | 930.5 kg/ha | -56.3% |
| 2003 | 2,018 kg/ha | +116.8% |
| 2004 | 1,649 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2005 | 2,040 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2006 | 936.4 kg/ha | -54.1% |
| 2007 | 1,103 kg/ha | +17.7% |
| 2008 | 1,604 kg/ha | +45.4% |
| 2009 | 1,596 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 2,055 kg/ha | +28.8% |
| 2011 | 2,170 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2012 | 1,791 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2013 | 2,034 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2014 | 1,943 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 2,002 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 2,637 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2017 | 1,948 kg/ha | -26.1% |
| 2018 | 1,720 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2019 | 1,502 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 2020 | 2,552 kg/ha | +69.9% |
| 2021 | 2,870 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2022 | 3,208 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2023 | 2,694 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 2024 | 2,638 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,237 kg/ha | 860.4 kg/ha | 1,527 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,310 kg/ha | 905.1 kg/ha | 1,781 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,387 kg/ha | 790.9 kg/ha | 1,716 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,775 kg/ha | 1,160 kg/ha | 2,112 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,585 kg/ha | 930.5 kg/ha | 2,130 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,980 kg/ha | 1,502 kg/ha | 2,637 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,792 kg/ha | 2,552 kg/ha | 3,208 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
More agriculture & rural data for Australia and New Zealand
- Tomatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 31.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 3.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 8.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 6.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 21.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 12.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 10.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 4.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat — yield in Australia and New Zealand?
- Wheat — yield in Australia and New Zealand was 2,638 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 3,208 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 790.9 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for wheat — yield?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 78th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.8%. 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.