Agriculture in Oceania
The 17 countries and territories of Oceania produced 53.5 million t of cereals (1.7% of the world), 3.8 million t of vegetables (0.3% of the world), 9.0 million t of fruit (0.9% of the world), 7.7 million t of meat (2.1% of the world) and 30.2 million t of milk (3.1% of the world) in 2024. The largest crops were wheat, sugar cane and barley. Its largest shares of world output are in lupins (52%), lentils (16%) and kiwi fruit (15%).
- Cereals
- 53.5 million t
- 1.7% of world · +43% in ten years
- Vegetables
- 3.8 million t
- 0.3% of world · +12% in ten years
- Fruit
- 9.0 million t
- 0.9% of world · +18% in ten years
- Meat
- 7.7 million t
- 2.1% of world · +13% in ten years
- Milk
- 30.2 million t
- 3.1% of world · −2.1% in ten years
Totals by group, 2024
| Group | Oceania | Share of world | 10-year change | Largest producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cereals | 53.5 million t | 1.7% | +43% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Vegetables | 3.8 million t | 0.3% | +12% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Fruit | 9.0 million t | 0.9% | +18% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Roots and tubers | 4.7 million t | 0.5% | +17% | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea |
| Pulses | 5.5 million t | 5.6% | +156% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Tree nuts | 455,225 t | 2.5% | +126% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Meat | 7.7 million t | 2.1% | +13% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Milk | 30.2 million t | 3.1% | −2.1% | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Eggs | 332,407 t | 0.3% | +8.1% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Cattle | 40.3 million | 2.6% | +0.8% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Pigs | 5.4 million | 0.6% | +2.4% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Sheep | 103 million | 7.6% | +0.5% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Goats | 5.8 million | 0.5% | +46% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Chickens | 147 million | 0.5% | +13% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Animals in head; other figures in tonnes.
Largest crops, 2024
| Crop | Tonnes | Share of world | 10-year change | Largest producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 34,574,631 | 4.3% | +43% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Sugar cane | 31,498,870 | 1.6% | −3.7% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Barley | 13,620,515 | 9.6% | +51% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Rapeseed | 6,398,238 | 7.3% | +81% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Oil palm fruit | 3,730,393 | 0.9% | +46% | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea |
| Sorghum | 2,446,132 | 3.8% | +90% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Seed cotton | 2,400,000 | 3.3% | +12% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Coconuts, in shell | 2,328,846 | 3.6% | −24% | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea |
| Chick peas, dry | 2,267,000 | 13.4% | +308% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Potatoes | 2,064,972 | 0.5% | +27% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Grapes | 2,008,640 | 2.6% | +0.3% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Bananas | 1,708,096 | 1.2% | +5.0% | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea |
| Cotton seed | 1,443,074 | 3.5% | +0.3% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Oats | 1,338,332 | 6.0% | +8.6% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Lentils, dry | 1,266,716 | 16.1% | +421% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Cotton lint | 1,252,480 | 5.1% | +40% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Sweet potatoes | 978,290 | 1.1% | +9.9% | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea |
| Apples | 868,945 | 0.9% | +15% | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Lupins | 778,000 | 51.6% | +42% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
| Maize | 715,220 | 0.1% | +11% | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Oceania’s largest shares of world output
Crops with the highest share of world production grown in Oceania (above 100,000 t).
Countries of Oceania
Production in 2024, in tonnes (cattle in head). Click a column to sort.
| Country | Cereals | Vegetables | Fruit | Meat | Milk | Cattle | World #1 | Prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇦🇺 Australia | 52.4 million | 2.2 million | 4.3 million | 5.6 million | 8.7 million | 30.4 million | 1 | |
| 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 1.1 million | 878,934 | 1.8 million | 1.5 million | 21.5 million | 9.5 million | 1 | |
| 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 18,808 | 586,131 | 2.5 million | 531,162 | 204 | 90,889 | 1 | |
| 🇫🇯 Fiji | 11,042 | 90,240 | 66,253 | 54,529 | 12,153 | 80,720 | — | |
| 🇳🇨 New Caledonia | 7,355 | 8,192 | 12,018 | 6,852 | 344 | 77,281 | — | |
| 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 2,756 | 5,973 | 29,237 | 3,627 | 3,072 | 15,381 | — | |
| 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 985 | 33,770 | 240,801 | 5,406 | 3,100 | 89,000 | — | |
| 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 290 | 3,618 | 2,630 | 1,482 | — | 18,180 | — | |
| 🇨🇰 Cook Islands | — | 1,936 | 1,225 | 375 | — | 233 | — | |
| 🇵🇫 French Polynesia | — | 3,210 | 14,464 | 1,801 | 649 | 8,097 | — | |
| 🇰🇮 Kiribati | — | 5,721 | 9,130 | 2,242 | — | — | — | |
| 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 🇳🇷 Nauru | — | 7 | 470 | 79 | — | — | — | |
| 🇳🇺 Niue | — | 148 | 918 | 97 | 59 | 113 | — | |
| 🇼🇸 Samoa | — | 1,354 | 44,852 | 3,059 | 1,579 | 38,349 | — | |
| 🇹🇴 Tonga | — | 28,184 | 8,519 | 2,467 | 326 | 12,196 | — | |
| 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | — | 623 | 912 | 192 | — | — | — |
Source: FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Crops and livestock products. Accessed on 4 November 2026. fao.org/faostat. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Charts, rankings and changes calculated by Husfarm. Continental totals calculated by Husfarm from country figures.