Australia vs North America: Cereal production (metric tons), per capita
Australia
1.93 metric tons per person
in 2024
North America
1.19 metric tons per person
in 2024
Australia rank
2nd
North America rank
1st
Cereal production (metric tons), per capita over time
- Australia
- North America
How they compare
Australia currently reports 1.93 metric tons per person against 1.19 metric tons per person in North America, a difference of 0.74 metric tons per person.
That makes Australia's figure about 1.6 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 25 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was North America ahead.
Australia ranks 2nd and North America ranks 1st of 181 countries.
Australia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | North America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.11 metric tons per person | 1 metric tons per person | 0.1111 metric tons per person | Australia |
| 1970s | 1.24 metric tons per person | 1.18 metric tons per person | 0.0547 metric tons per person | Australia |
| 1980s | 1.44 metric tons per person | 1.28 metric tons per person | 0.162 metric tons per person | Australia |
| 1990s | 1.5 metric tons per person | 1.27 metric tons per person | 0.2348 metric tons per person | Australia |
| 2000s | 1.6 metric tons per person | 1.26 metric tons per person | 0.3387 metric tons per person | Australia |
| 2010s | 1.58 metric tons per person | 1.35 metric tons per person | 0.2278 metric tons per person | Australia |
| 2020s | 1.98 metric tons per person | 1.31 metric tons per person | 0.6711 metric tons per person | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher cereal production (metric tons), per capita, Australia or North America?
- Australia, at 1.93 metric tons per person against 1.19 metric tons per person in North America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in cereal production (metric tons), per capita between Australia and North America?
- 0.74 metric tons per person, with Australia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and North America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Australia and North America rank globally for cereal production (metric tons), per capita?
- Australia ranks 2nd and North America ranks 1st of 181 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Cereal production (metric tons), per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cereal production (metric tons) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.