Freshwater Fish — Food supply in Australia
Australia: Freshwater Fish — Food supply was 82,102 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Freshwater Fish — 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 freshwater fish — food supply in Australia is 82,102 million Kcal, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freshwater fish — food supply in Australia peaked at 82,102 million Kcal in 2021 and was at its lowest, 40,780 million Kcal, in 2010.
Australia ranks 46th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Freshwater Fish — Food supply in Australia, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 40,780 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 44,798 million Kcal | +9.9% |
| 2012 | 65,553 million Kcal | +46.3% |
| 2013 | 68,880 million Kcal | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 69,746 million Kcal | +1.3% |
| 2015 | 67,267 million Kcal | -3.6% |
| 2016 | 78,372 million Kcal | +16.5% |
| 2017 | 68,944 million Kcal | -12.0% |
| 2018 | 80,622 million Kcal | +16.9% |
| 2019 | 73,267 million Kcal | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 69,936 million Kcal | -4.5% |
| 2021 | 82,102 million Kcal | +17.4% |
| 2022 | 82,102 million Kcal | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 82,102 million Kcal | +0.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 82,102 million Kcal is above the median for high income countries, which is 10,382 million Kcal, 7.9× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Australia's 82,102 million Kcal is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 645.15 million Kcal, 127.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 65,823 million Kcal | 40,780 million Kcal | 80,622 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 79,060 million Kcal | 69,936 million Kcal | 82,102 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 43 Australia and New Zealand 92,392 million Kcal compare
- 44 Kenya 90,260 million Kcal compare
- 45 Spain 84,056 million Kcal compare
- 47 Mozambique 80,186 million Kcal compare
- 48 Côte d'Ivoire 79,565 million Kcal compare
- 48 Cote d'Ivoire 79,565 million Kcal compare
More environment data for Australia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.75 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.345 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate -1.03 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6708 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.0861 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freshwater fish — food supply in Australia?
- Freshwater fish — food supply in Australia was 82,102 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest freshwater fish — food supply recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 82,102 million Kcal in 2021.
- What is the lowest freshwater fish — food supply recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 40,780 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Australia rank for freshwater fish — food supply?
- Australia ranks 46th out of 194 countries with data for 2023.
- Is freshwater fish — food supply rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.2%. 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 Freshwater Fish — 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.