Meat — Food supply quantity in Australia
Australia: Meat — Food supply quantity was 116.78 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Meat — Food supply quantity in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, meat — food supply quantity in Australia stood at 116.78 kg/cap.
That represents a change of up 3.1% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food supply quantity in Australia peaked at 123.93 kg/cap in 2011 and was at its lowest, 108.34 kg/cap, in 2021.
That places Australia 6th out of 164 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Food supply quantity in Australia, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 119.65 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 123.93 kg/cap | +3.6% |
| 2012 | 120.79 kg/cap | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 119.81 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 119.2 kg/cap | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 119.77 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 122.66 kg/cap | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 114.75 kg/cap | -6.4% |
| 2018 | 113.48 kg/cap | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 113 kg/cap | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 119.78 kg/cap | +6.0% |
| 2021 | 108.34 kg/cap | -9.6% |
| 2022 | 113.28 kg/cap | +4.6% |
| 2023 | 116.78 kg/cap | +3.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 118.7 kg/cap | 113 kg/cap | 123.93 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 114.55 kg/cap | 108.34 kg/cap | 119.78 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 3 Marshall Islands 125.68 kg/cap compare
- 4 China, Macao SAR 121.23 kg/cap compare
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 118.47 kg/cap compare
- 7 Argentina 114.95 kg/cap compare
- 8 Bahamas 114.91 kg/cap compare
- 9 Belarus 111.72 kg/cap 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)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat — food supply quantity in Australia?
- Meat — food supply quantity in Australia was 116.78 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food supply quantity recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 123.93 kg/cap in 2011.
- What is the lowest meat — food supply quantity recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 108.34 kg/cap in 2021.
- How does Australia rank for meat — food supply quantity?
- Australia ranks 6th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food supply quantity rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. 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 Meat — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.