FAOSTAT · 2024
Agricultural production in Australia
According to FAOSTAT, Australia produced 52.4 million t of cereals (13th in the world), 2.2 million t of vegetables, 4.3 million t of fruit, 5.6 million t of meat (12th in the world) and 8.7 million t of milk in 2024. Its largest crops by volume were wheat (34.1 million t), sugar cane (29.9 million t) and barley (13.3 million t).
- Products recorded
- 142
- World #1
- 1
- products
- World top 10
- 40
- products
- Year
- 2024
Australia is the world’s largest producer of lupins, and ranks second or third for 12 other products.
Among its twelve largest crops, the biggest ten-year change was in dry lentils (+422%), followed by dry chick peas (+308%).
Livestock numbers: 30.4 million cattle, 2.5 million pigs, 79.3 million sheep and 5.4 million goats.
Totals by group
| Group | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cereals | 52,350,447 | 13 | 1.67% | +44% |
| All sugar crops | 29,872,456 | 13 | 1.34% | −2.1% |
| All milk | 8,669,500 | 21 | 0.88% | −9.1% |
| All meat | 5,577,061 | 12 | 1.49% | +14% |
| All pulses | 5,412,379 | 3 | 5.58% | +160% |
| All fruit | 4,279,655 | 40 | 0.45% | +25% |
| All vegetables | 2,166,583 | 54 | 0.18% | +24% |
| All roots and tubers | 1,619,366 | 66 | 0.17% | +30% |
| All citrus fruit | 884,698 | 25 | 0.53% | +80% |
| All tree nuts | 448,135 | 9 | 2.44% | +130% |
| All eggs | 245,291 | 38 | 0.25% | +5.9% |
All products by volume, 2024
| Product | Tonnes | World rank | Share | 10-year change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheat | 34,110,000 | 6 | 4.27% | +44% |
| Sugar cane | 29,855,156 | 10 | 1.54% | −2.2% |
| Barley | 13,265,000 | 2 | 9.34% | +53% |
| Cow milk | 8,669,500 | 21 | 1.09% | −9.1% |
| Rapeseed | 6,396,000 | 4 | 7.28% | +81% |
| Raw sugar | 4,188,000 | 10 | 2.23% | −2.6% |
| Beef (cattle meat) | 2,589,767 | 5 | 3.71% | −0.2% |
| Sorghum | 2,441,091 | 10 | 3.8% | +90% |
| Seed cotton | 2,400,000 | 7 | 3.3% | +12% |
| Chick peas, dry | 2,267,000 | 2 | 13.43% | +308% |
| Skim milk of cows | 1,619,207 | 22 | 1.13% | −38% |
| Grapes | 1,613,640 | 14 | 2.13% | +3.6% |
| Potatoes | 1,530,163 | 35 | 0.39% | +31% |
| Chicken meat | 1,477,685 | 23 | 1.15% | +34% |
| Cotton seed | 1,443,074 | 7 | 3.52% | +0.3% |
| Beer | 1,436,800 | 28 | 0.78% | −17% |
| Oats | 1,315,000 | 4 | 5.86% | +9.8% |
| Lentils, dry | 1,265,050 | 3 | 16.04% | +423% |
| Cotton lint | 1,252,480 | 6 | 5.07% | +40% |
| Molasses | 994,719 | 13 | 1.36% | +8.4% |
| Wine | 964,000 | 7 | 3.94% | −22% |
| Sheep meat | 927,230 | 3 | 8.03% | +29% |
| Lupins | 778,000 | 1 | 51.55% | +42% |
| Broad beans and horse beans, dry | 640,400 | 3 | 10.23% | +95% |
| Rice (paddy) | 619,180 | 45 | 0.08% | −24% |
| Tallow | 592,600 | 3 | 7.19% | +8.1% |
| Oranges | 560,539 | 20 | 0.83% | +60% |
| Rapeseed or canola oil, crude | 554,400 | 13 | 1.77% | +63% |
| Pork (pig meat) | 470,502 | 26 | 0.38% | +30% |
| Maize | 447,027 | 80 | 0.04% | +15% |
| Tomatoes | 437,596 | 49 | 0.23% | +34% |
| Cheese from whole cow milk | 374,812 | 15 | 1.63% | +11% |
| Almonds, in shell | 370,000 | 2 | 9.36% | +143% |
| Bananas | 368,735 | 42 | 0.26% | +45% |
| Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen | 362,567 | 5 | 3.74% | −0.2% |
| Raw hides and skins of cattle | 300,413 | 5 | 3.43% | −0.2% |
| Carrots and turnips | 298,821 | 28 | 0.66% | +23% |
| Apples | 293,731 | 37 | 0.3% | +10% |
| Wool, greasy | 281,000 | 2 | 16.57% | −20% |
| Onions, dry | 272,396 | 48 | 0.25% | +6.4% |
| Melons | 262,298 | 18 | 0.93% | +16% |
| Hen eggs | 245,291 | 38 | 0.26% | +5.9% |
| Peas, dry | 228,000 | 12 | 1.61% | −33% |
| Tangerines and mandarins | 227,716 | 25 | 0.44% | +127% |
| Beans, dry | 226,099 | 25 | 0.75% | +290% |
| Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs | 203,991 | 2 | 9.37% | +29% |
| Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. | 203,219 | 57 | 0.07% | +14% |
| Watermelons | 199,531 | 40 | 0.19% | +23% |
| Cauliflower and broccoli | 169,020 | 16 | 0.63% | +29% |
| Lettuce and chicory | 162,418 | 15 | 0.58% | +33% |
| Pumpkins and squash | 156,238 | 35 | 0.45% | +32% |
| Cattle fat, unrendered | 155,386 | 5 | 4.55% | −0.2% |
| Avocados | 150,913 | 14 | 1.34% | +243% |
| Skim milk and whey powder | 143,406 | 9 | 3.04% | −32% |
| Edible offal of sheep, fresh, chilled or frozen | 118,685 | 3 | 5.99% | +29% |
| Whey, dry | 110,927 | 9 | 3.36% | +18% |
| Cucumbers | 106,268 | 41 | 0.12% | +655% |
| Sheep fat, unrendered | 103,850 | 2 | 16.19% | +29% |
| Margarine and shortening | 92,404 | 24 | 0.7% | −5.2% |
| Sweet potatoes | 89,203 | 47 | 0.1% | +19% |
| Pears | 84,761 | 23 | 0.31% | −14% |
| Chillies and peppers, green | 83,667 | 46 | 0.19% | +53% |
| Lemons and limes | 83,332 | 28 | 0.36% | +177% |
| Triticale | 82,700 | 17 | 0.67% | −34% |
| Olives | 81,809 | 19 | 0.32% | +24% |
| Strawberries | 80,741 | 19 | 0.75% | +110% |
| Green maize | 79,690 | 17 | 0.84% | +2.1% |
| Pineapples | 76,220 | 35 | 0.26% | −15% |
| Peaches and nectarines | 72,813 | 27 | 0.26% | +3.5% |
| Soybeans | 65,300 | 48 | 0.02% | +104% |
| Butter of cow milk | 64,871 | 21 | 1.08% | −45% |
| Mangoes and guavas | 63,755 | 44 | 0.1% | +52% |
| Cabbages | 62,617 | 62 | 0.08% | −43% |
| Other nuts | 59,247 | 6 | 5.43% | +68% |
| Mushrooms | 56,941 | 18 | 0.11% | −5.1% |
| Goat meat | 54,422 | 18 | 0.7% | +65% |
| Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen | 39,657 | 17 | 0.48% | +30% |
| Millet | 36,833 | 32 | 0.12% | +1.1% |
| Pig fat, rendered | 35,000 | 22 | 0.57% | +29% |
| Cottonseed oil | 33,900 | 11 | 0.81% | −58% |
| Other beans, green | 32,702 | 24 | 0.13% | +11% |
| Sunflower seed | 32,030 | 38 | 0.06% | +76% |
| Whole milk, evaporated | 31,861 | 16 | 1.11% | +653% |
| Whole milk powder | 29,517 | 21 | 0.59% | −73% |
| Rye | 28,684 | 27 | 0.25% | −2.8% |
| Plums | 27,905 | 37 | 0.22% | +23% |
| Blueberries | 27,540 | 9 | 1.98% | +406% |
| Olive oil | 23,500 | 14 | 0.89% | +133% |
| Horse meat, fresh or chilled | 20,817 | 8 | 2.79% | −26% |
| Papayas | 20,576 | 31 | 0.14% | +151% |
| Turkey meat | 20,395 | 22 | 0.4% | −8.1% |
| Fat of pigs | 20,164 | 25 | 0.18% | +30% |
| Peas, green | 19,480 | 32 | 0.09% | +30% |
| Cherries | 18,471 | 22 | 0.59% | +46% |
| Sugar beet | 17,300 | 45 | 0.01% | — |
| Duck meat | 16,243 | 20 | 0.22% | +9.4% |
| Raw hides and skins of goats or kids | 15,699 | 13 | 1.03% | +65% |
| Sunflower-seed oil, crude | 15,300 | 44 | 0.07% | −23% |
| Groundnuts (peanuts) | 15,114 | 54 | 0.03% | −12% |
| Whole milk, condensed | 14,094 | 19 | 0.72% | +41% |
| Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. | 13,386 | 15 | 1.24% | +241% |
| True hemp, raw or retted | 12,600 | 6 | 3.42% | — |
| Grapefruit and pomelos | 12,040 | 33 | 0.12% | +16% |
| Walnuts, in shell | 12,000 | 26 | 0.28% | +129% |
| Honey | 10,981 | 31 | 0.55% | −16% |
| Eggplants | 9,558 | 58 | 0.02% | — |
| Ghee from cow milk | 9,479 | 8 | 1.45% | +9.4% |
| Vetches | 7,830 | 9 | 1.2% | +1.8% |
| Soya bean oil | 7,800 | 69 | 0.01% | −46% |
| Other tropical fruits, n.e.c. | 7,754 | 46 | 0.03% | +9.6% |
| Linseed | 7,000 | 15 | 0.23% | +17% |
| Spinach | 6,642 | 34 | 0.02% | −34% |
| Cream, fresh | 6,034 | 44 | 0.16% | −5.9% |
| Asparagus | 5,786 | 18 | 0.06% | −32% |
| Ginger | 5,327 | 21 | 0.11% | — |
| Canary seed | 4,933 | 5 | 1.67% | −1.7% |
| Pistachios, in shell | 4,450 | 7 | 0.32% | +189% |
| Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen | 4,396 | 36 | 0.3% | +65% |
| Goat fat, unrendered | 4,396 | 8 | 1.4% | +65% |
| Kiwi fruit | 4,310 | 16 | 0.1% | +48% |
| Safflower seed | 3,620 | 14 | 0.52% | +7.5% |
| Buttermilk, dry | 3,615 | 34 | 0.55% | −66% |
| Hempseed | 3,600 | 2 | 13.13% | — |
| Persimmons | 3,548 | 12 | 0.07% | +178% |
| Green garlic | 3,071 | 64 | 0.01% | — |
| Apricots | 3,062 | 48 | 0.07% | −67% |
| Oil of sesame seed | 2,474 | 34 | 0.21% | +26% |
| Edible offals of horses and other equines, fresh, chilled or frozen | 2,331 | 8 | 2.45% | −26% |
| Oil of linseed | 2,100 | 24 | 0.27% | −4.5% |
| Groundnut oil | 1,800 | 59 | 0.03% | +100% |
| Oil of maize | 1,625 | 44 | 0.05% | +23% |
| Hazelnuts, in shell | 1,360 | 18 | 0.11% | — |
| Anise, coriander, cumin and fennel | 1,134 | 22 | 0.04% | −1.0% |
| Chestnuts, in shell | 1,078 | 16 | 0.05% | — |
| Other citrus fruit, n.e.c. | 1,071 | 43 | 0.01% | −25% |
| Safflower-seed oil, crude | 992 | 10 | 1.28% | +14% |
| Raspberries | 649 | 31 | 0.07% | +8.2% |
| Hop cones | 621 | 15 | 0.39% | +38% |
| Currants | 549 | 21 | 0.08% | −21% |
| Artichokes | 453 | 24 | 0.03% | — |
| Beeswax | 254 | 22 | 0.39% | −11% |
| Figs | 69 | 46 | 0.01% | −16% |
Live animals, 2024
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.