Alcoholic Beverages — Food in Australia
Australia: Alcoholic Beverages — Food was 2,411 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Alcoholic Beverages — Food in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
Australia recorded 2,411 1000 t for alcoholic beverages — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.5% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, alcoholic beverages — food in Australia peaked at 2,912 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2,393 1000 t, in 2011.
That places Australia 29th out of 193 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Alcoholic Beverages — Food in Australia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,421 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 2,393 1000 t | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 2,461 1000 t | +2.8% |
| 2013 | 2,493 1000 t | +1.3% |
| 2014 | 2,600 1000 t | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 2,597 1000 t | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,570 1000 t | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 2,555 1000 t | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 2,548 1000 t | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,488 1000 t | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 2,605 1000 t | +4.7% |
| 2021 | 2,912 1000 t | +11.8% |
| 2022 | 2,854 1000 t | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 2,411 1000 t | -15.5% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 2,411 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 377 1000 t, 6.4× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Australia's 2,411 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 76 1000 t, 31.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,513 1000 t | 2,393 1000 t | 2,600 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,696 1000 t | 2,411 1000 t | 2,912 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is alcoholic beverages — food in Australia?
- Alcoholic beverages — food in Australia was 2,411 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest alcoholic beverages — food recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,912 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest alcoholic beverages — food recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,393 1000 t in 2011.
- How does Australia rank for alcoholic beverages — food?
- Australia ranks 29th out of 193 countries with data for 2023.
- Is alcoholic beverages — food rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Alcoholic Beverages — Food. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.