Meat — Protein supply quantity in Australia
Australia: Meat — Protein supply quantity was 464,329 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Protein supply quantity in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat — protein supply quantity in Australia is 464,329 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.8% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — protein supply quantity in Australia peaked at 464,329 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 400,065 t, in 2010.
That places Australia 30th out of 194 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.
Meat — Protein supply quantity in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 400,065 t | — |
| 2011 | 419,909 t | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 415,536 t | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 419,539 t | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 422,229 t | +0.6% |
| 2015 | 423,305 t | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 441,608 t | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 426,131 t | -3.5% |
| 2018 | 427,051 t | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 428,576 t | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 463,247 t | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 420,913 t | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 442,974 t | +5.2% |
| 2023 | 464,329 t | +4.8% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 464,329 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 58,828 t, 7.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Australia's 464,329 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 37,474 t, 12.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 422,395 t | 400,065 t | 441,608 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 447,866 t | 420,913 t | 464,329 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 27 Australia and New Zealand 524,777 t compare
- 28 Egypt 520,492 t compare
- 29 Colombia 512,895 t compare
- 31 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 442,752 t compare
- 32 Malaysia 380,800 t compare
- 33 China, Taiwan Province of 328,565 t 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 meat — protein supply quantity in Australia?
- Meat — protein supply quantity in Australia was 464,329 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — protein supply quantity recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 464,329 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — protein supply quantity recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 400,065 t in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for meat — protein supply quantity?
- Australia ranks 30th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is meat — protein supply quantity rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. 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 — Protein supply quantity (t). 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.