Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Phosphorus supply in Australia
Australia: Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Phosphorus supply was 73 mg/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Phosphorus supply in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in mg/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply in Australia stood at 73 mg/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 30.4% on the previous year and up 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply in Australia peaked at 73 mg/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 56 mg/cap/d, in 2022.
Australia ranks 58th of 163 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Phosphorus supply in Australia, year by year
| Year | mg/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 69 mg/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 62 mg/cap/d | -10.1% |
| 2012 | 69 mg/cap/d | +11.3% |
| 2013 | 66 mg/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2014 | 63 mg/cap/d | -4.5% |
| 2015 | 62 mg/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2016 | 59 mg/cap/d | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 58 mg/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 59 mg/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 58 mg/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2020 | 57 mg/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2021 | 60 mg/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2022 | 56 mg/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2023 | 73 mg/cap/d | +30.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 62.5 mg/cap/d | 58 mg/cap/d | 69 mg/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 61.5 mg/cap/d | 56 mg/cap/d | 73 mg/cap/d | 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 roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply in Australia?
- Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply in Australia was 73 mg/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 73 mg/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 56 mg/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Australia rank for roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply?
- Australia ranks 58th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is roots, tubers, plantains and their products — phosphorus supply rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.6%. 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 Roots, tubers, plantains and their products — Phosphorus supply — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The dataset presents average daily per capita macro and micro nutrient availability by country and by FAO/WHO GIFT food groups (that are different from those used for the Food Balance Sheets), expressed in grams/milligrams/micrograms/kcal per capita per day. The population numbers used to calculate these statistics can be found in the Supply Utilization Accounts (SUA) dataset of FAOSTAT, as Total Population. Food availability quantities are derived from the SUA dataset. SUAs present a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply and utilization during a specified reference period. The SUA 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 capita 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.