Tea (including mate) — Food supply in Australia
Australia: Tea (including mate) — Food supply was 1,603 million Kcal in 2023. ▼ Falling
Tea (including mate) — Food supply in Australia, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, tea (including mate) — food supply in Australia stood at 1,603 million Kcal. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is down 24.0% on the previous year and down 28.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tea (including mate) — food supply in Australia peaked at 3,384 million Kcal in 2014 and was at its lowest, 1,603 million Kcal, in 2023.
That places Australia 45th out of 194 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Tea (including mate) — Food supply in Australia, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,858 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 1,783 million Kcal | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 2,339 million Kcal | +31.2% |
| 2013 | 2,241 million Kcal | -4.2% |
| 2014 | 3,384 million Kcal | +51.0% |
| 2015 | 3,278 million Kcal | -3.1% |
| 2016 | 3,117 million Kcal | -4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,999 million Kcal | -35.9% |
| 2018 | 1,877 million Kcal | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 1,918 million Kcal | +2.2% |
| 2020 | 1,902 million Kcal | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 2,056 million Kcal | +8.1% |
| 2022 | 2,108 million Kcal | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 1,603 million Kcal | -24.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 1,603 million Kcal is above the median for high income countries, which is 173.97 million Kcal, 9.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Australia's 1,603 million Kcal is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 208.76 million Kcal, 7.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tea (including mate) — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +51.0% | 2,241 million Kcal | 3,384 million Kcal |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,380 million Kcal | 1,783 million Kcal | 3,384 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,917 million Kcal | 1,603 million Kcal | 2,108 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 42 Azerbaijan 2,007 million Kcal compare
- 43 Australia and New Zealand 1,811 million Kcal compare
- 44 Zimbabwe 1,782 million Kcal compare
- 46 Malaysia 1,509 million Kcal compare
- 47 Kazakhstan 1,498 million Kcal compare
- 48 Philippines 1,360 million Kcal 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 tea (including mate) — food supply in Australia?
- Tea (including mate) — food supply in Australia was 1,603 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tea (including mate) — food supply recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 3,384 million Kcal in 2014.
- What is the lowest tea (including mate) — food supply recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,603 million Kcal in 2023.
- How does Australia rank for tea (including mate) — food supply?
- Australia ranks 45th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is tea (including mate) — food supply rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.5%. 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 Tea (including mate) — 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.