Animal Products — Food supply in Australia
Australia: Animal Products — Food supply was 1,035 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Animal Products — Food supply in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Australia recorded 1,035 kcal/cap/d for animal products — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and down 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, animal products — food supply in Australia peaked at 1,118 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 985.04 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
That places Australia 22nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Animal Products — Food supply in Australia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,071 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 1,085 kcal/cap/d | +1.3% |
| 2012 | 1,091 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 1,075 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2014 | 1,085 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 1,116 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
| 2016 | 1,118 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,088 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2018 | 1,104 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 1,093 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 1,102 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,029 kcal/cap/d | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 985.04 kcal/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2023 | 1,035 kcal/cap/d | +5.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1,092 kcal/cap/d | 1,071 kcal/cap/d | 1,118 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,038 kcal/cap/d | 985.04 kcal/cap/d | 1,102 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 19 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 118.53 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Croatia 1,079 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Argentina 1,056 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 33.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Switzerland 1,046 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 Sweden 1,013 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Tonga 1,012 kcal/cap/d compare
- 25 Czechia 1,005 kcal/cap/d compare
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 animal products — food supply in Australia?
- Animal products — food supply in Australia was 1,035 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest animal products — food supply recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,118 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest animal products — food supply recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 985.04 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Australia rank for animal products — food supply?
- Australia ranks 22nd out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is animal products — food supply rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Animal Products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.