Australia vs Sri Lanka: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita

Australia
0.0583 tonnes per person
in 2023
Sri Lanka
0.0614 tonnes per person
in 2023
Australia rank
158th
Sri Lanka rank
157th

Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita over time

  • Australia
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.0614 tonnes per person against 0.0583 tonnes per person in Australia, a difference of 0.0031 tonnes per person.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Australia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Australia ranks 158th and Sri Lanka ranks 157th of 189 countries.

Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia Sri Lanka Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0008 tonnes per person 0.0779 tonnes per person 0.0771 tonnes per person Sri Lanka
1970s 0.0008 tonnes per person 0.0771 tonnes per person 0.0763 tonnes per person Sri Lanka
1980s 0.0028 tonnes per person 0.0518 tonnes per person 0.049 tonnes per person Sri Lanka
1990s 0.0074 tonnes per person 0.0631 tonnes per person 0.0557 tonnes per person Sri Lanka
2000s 0.0168 tonnes per person 0.0605 tonnes per person 0.0436 tonnes per person Sri Lanka
2010s 0.0501 tonnes per person 0.0758 tonnes per person 0.0256 tonnes per person Sri Lanka
2020s 0.0674 tonnes per person 0.0786 tonnes per person 0.0112 tonnes per person Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita, Australia or Sri Lanka?
Sri Lanka, at 0.0614 tonnes per person against 0.0583 tonnes per person in Australia as of 2023.
What is the difference in cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita between Australia and Sri Lanka?
0.0031 tonnes per person, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sri Lanka?
63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do Australia and Sri Lanka rank globally for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita?
Australia ranks 158th and Sri Lanka ranks 157th of 189 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?, per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
189 places, 10,071 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.