Wheat — Yield in Australia
Australia: Wheat — Yield was 2,612 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Wheat — Yield in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Australia recorded 2,612 kg/ha for wheat — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat — yield in Australia peaked at 3,188 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 770.5 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Australia 80th 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, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,129 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,253 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1963 | 1,339 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1964 | 1,384 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1965 | 997 kg/ha | -28.0% |
| 1966 | 1,507 kg/ha | +51.2% |
| 1967 | 831 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 1968 | 1,365 kg/ha | +64.3% |
| 1969 | 1,112 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1970 | 1,218 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1971 | 1,206 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1972 | 866.6 kg/ha | -28.1% |
| 1973 | 1,340 kg/ha | +54.6% |
| 1974 | 1,367 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1975 | 1,401 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1976 | 1,318 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1977 | 941.3 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1978 | 1,765 kg/ha | +87.5% |
| 1979 | 1,452 kg/ha | -17.8% |
| 1980 | 962.2 kg/ha | -33.7% |
| 1981 | 1,376 kg/ha | +43.1% |
| 1982 | 770.5 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 1983 | 1,703 kg/ha | +121.0% |
| 1984 | 1,546 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1985 | 1,370 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 1,448 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1987 | 1,364 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 1,579 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 1989 | 1,579 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,634 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 1,470 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1992 | 1,781 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1993 | 1,966 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1994 | 1,136 kg/ha | -42.2% |
| 1995 | 1,790 kg/ha | +57.6% |
| 1996 | 2,096 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1997 | 1,841 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1998 | 1,860 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 2,007 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2000 | 1,821 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2001 | 2,108 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2002 | 907 kg/ha | -57.0% |
| 2003 | 2,000 kg/ha | +120.5% |
| 2004 | 1,635 kg/ha | -18.3% |
| 2005 | 2,021 kg/ha | +23.6% |
| 2006 | 917.3 kg/ha | -54.6% |
| 2007 | 1,079 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2008 | 1,583 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 2009 | 1,573 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2010 | 2,030 kg/ha | +29.1% |
| 2011 | 2,151 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 1,761 kg/ha | -18.1% |
| 2013 | 2,006 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2014 | 1,917 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 1,974 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 2,610 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2017 | 1,918 kg/ha | -26.5% |
| 2018 | 1,692 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2019 | 1,468 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2020 | 2,525 kg/ha | +72.0% |
| 2021 | 2,847 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2022 | 3,188 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2023 | 2,668 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2024 | 2,612 kg/ha | -2.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 2,612 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 4,807 kg/ha, 54% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Australia's 2,612 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,033 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,213 kg/ha | 831 kg/ha | 1,507 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,287 kg/ha | 866.6 kg/ha | 1,765 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,370 kg/ha | 770.5 kg/ha | 1,703 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,758 kg/ha | 1,136 kg/ha | 2,096 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,564 kg/ha | 907 kg/ha | 2,108 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,953 kg/ha | 1,468 kg/ha | 2,610 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,768 kg/ha | 2,525 kg/ha | 3,188 kg/ha | 5 |
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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 — yield in Australia?
- Wheat — yield in Australia was 2,612 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat — yield recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,188 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest wheat — yield recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 770.5 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Australia rank for wheat — yield?
- Australia ranks 80th out of 124 countries with data for 2024.
- Is wheat — yield rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.2%. 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 — Yield. 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.