Yields of important staple crops in Australia
Australia: Yields of important staple crops was 2.61 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
2.61
Change on year
down 2.1%
World rank
78th
of 125 countries
All-time high
3.19
in 2022
All-time low
0.7705
in 1982
Years of data
64
1961–2024
Yields of important staple crops in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Australia recorded 2.61 for yields of important staple crops in 2024.
The figure is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 36.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yields of important staple crops in Australia peaked at 3.19 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0.7705, in 1982.
That places Australia 78th out of 125 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.21 | 0.831 | 1.51 | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.29 | 0.8666 | 1.77 | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.37 | 0.7705 | 1.7 | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.76 | 1.14 | 2.1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.56 | 0.907 | 2.11 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.95 | 1.47 | 2.61 | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.77 | 2.52 | 3.19 | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Cereal yield vs gdp per capita 2.69 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yields of important staple crops in Australia?
- Yields of important staple crops in Australia was 2.61 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest yields of important staple crops recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.19 in 2022.
- What is the lowest yields of important staple crops recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7705 in 1982.
- How does Australia rank for yields of important staple crops?
- Australia ranks 78th out of 125 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yields of important staple crops 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 Our World in Data, published as part of Yields of important staple crops. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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