Pigmeat — Food in Australia
Australia: Pigmeat — Food was 663 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Pigmeat — Food in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, pigmeat — food in Australia stood at 663 1000 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.6% on the previous year and up 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, pigmeat — food in Australia peaked at 719 1000 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 493 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Australia 27th out of 192 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.
Pigmeat — Food in Australia, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 493 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 528 1000 t | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 559 1000 t | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 560 1000 t | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 576 1000 t | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 622 1000 t | +8.0% |
| 2016 | 620 1000 t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 626 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 645 1000 t | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 719 1000 t | +11.5% |
| 2020 | 619 1000 t | -13.9% |
| 2021 | 665 1000 t | +7.4% |
| 2022 | 702 1000 t | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 663 1000 t | -5.6% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 663 1000 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 137 1000 t, 4.8× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- Australia's 663 1000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 17 1000 t, 39.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 594.8 1000 t | 493 1000 t | 719 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 662.25 1000 t | 619 1000 t | 702 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
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 pigmeat — food in Australia?
- Pigmeat — food in Australia was 663 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest pigmeat — food recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 719 1000 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest pigmeat — food recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 493 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for pigmeat — food?
- Australia ranks 27th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is pigmeat — food rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.4%. 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 Pigmeat — Food. 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.