Starchy Roots — Food supply in Australia
Australia: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 1.13 million million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for starchy roots — food supply in Australia is 1.13 million million Kcal, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.5% on the previous year and up 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Australia peaked at 1.13 million million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 805,534 million Kcal, in 2011.
That places Australia 63rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Australia, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 870,570 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 805,534 million Kcal | -7.5% |
| 2012 | 902,665 million Kcal | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 882,584 million Kcal | -2.2% |
| 2014 | 867,453 million Kcal | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 857,384 million Kcal | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 832,792 million Kcal | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 830,253 million Kcal | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 868,853 million Kcal | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 876,076 million Kcal | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 863,421 million Kcal | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 929,142 million Kcal | +7.6% |
| 2022 | 873,386 million Kcal | -6.0% |
| 2023 | 1.13 million million Kcal | +29.5% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1.13 million million Kcal is above the median for high income countries, which is 158,150 million Kcal, 7.1× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1.13 million million Kcal is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 181,197 million Kcal, 6.2× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starchy Roots — Food supply in Australia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | +29.5% | 873,386 million Kcal | 1.13 million million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 859,416 million Kcal | 805,534 million Kcal | 902,665 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 949,137 million Kcal | 863,421 million Kcal | 1.13 million million Kcal | 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 starchy roots — food supply in Australia?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Australia was 1.13 million million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.13 million million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 805,534 million Kcal in 2011.
- How does Australia rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Australia ranks 63rd out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 28.1%. 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 Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal). 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.