Cereals - Excluding Beer — Losses in Australia
Australia: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Losses was 554 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Losses in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals - excluding beer — losses in Australia stood at 554 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.1% on the previous year and up 31.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — losses in Australia peaked at 554 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 242 1000 t, in 2020.
Australia ranks 41st of 185 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Losses in Australia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 382 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 454 1000 t | +18.8% |
| 2012 | 499 1000 t | +9.9% |
| 2013 | 420 1000 t | -15.8% |
| 2014 | 396 1000 t | -5.7% |
| 2015 | 420 1000 t | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 391 1000 t | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 487 1000 t | +24.6% |
| 2018 | 345 1000 t | -29.2% |
| 2019 | 303 1000 t | -12.2% |
| 2020 | 242 1000 t | -20.1% |
| 2021 | 481 1000 t | +98.8% |
| 2022 | 532 1000 t | +10.6% |
| 2023 | 554 1000 t | +4.1% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 554 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 95 1000 t, 5.8× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Australia's 554 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 181 1000 t, 3.1× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 409.7 1000 t | 303 1000 t | 499 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 452.25 1000 t | 242 1000 t | 554 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 38 Iraq 687 1000 t compare
- 39 Niger 682 1000 t compare
- 40 Australia and New Zealand 586 1000 t compare
- 42 Madagascar 529 1000 t compare
- 43 Senegal 499 1000 t compare
- 44 Côte d'Ivoire 482 1000 t compare
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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 cereals - excluding beer — losses in Australia?
- Cereals - excluding beer — losses in Australia was 554 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — losses recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 554 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — losses recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 242 1000 t in 2020.
- How does Australia rank for cereals - excluding beer — losses?
- Australia ranks 41st out of 185 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals - excluding beer — losses rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.9%. 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 Cereals - Excluding Beer — Losses. 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.