Meat — Import quantity in Australia
Australia: Meat — Import quantity was 272 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Import quantity in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat — import quantity in Australia is 272 1000 t, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 18.6% on the previous year and down 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — import quantity in Australia peaked at 367 1000 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 216 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Australia 40th out of 182 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 293.9 1000 t | 216 1000 t | 367 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 294 1000 t | 272 1000 t | 334 1000 t | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- 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)
- Rural population 12.3% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.6% (2025)
- Rural population 3.39 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 2.3% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 40.76 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 368,735 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat — import quantity in Australia?
- Meat — import quantity in Australia was 272 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — import quantity recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 367 1000 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest meat — import quantity recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 216 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for meat — import quantity?
- Australia ranks 40th out of 182 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — import quantity rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.7%. 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 Meat — Import quantity. 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.