Freshwater Fish — Food in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Freshwater Fish — Food was 129 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Freshwater Fish — Food in Australia and New Zealand, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for freshwater fish — food in Australia and New Zealand is 129 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freshwater fish — food in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 129 1000 t in 2018 and was at its lowest, 57 1000 t, in 2010.
That places Australia and New Zealand 30th out of 164 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.
Freshwater Fish — Food in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 57 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 66 1000 t | +15.8% |
| 2012 | 102 1000 t | +54.5% |
| 2013 | 106 1000 t | +3.9% |
| 2014 | 113 1000 t | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 107 1000 t | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 122 1000 t | +14.0% |
| 2017 | 111 1000 t | -9.0% |
| 2018 | 129 1000 t | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 119 1000 t | -7.8% |
| 2020 | 114 1000 t | -4.2% |
| 2021 | 129 1000 t | +13.2% |
| 2022 | 129 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 129 1000 t | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 103.2 1000 t | 57 1000 t | 129 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 125.25 1000 t | 114 1000 t | 129 1000 t | 4 |
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More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Temperature change 1.39 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.335 °C (2025)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 4.99 million t (2024)
- Recovered paper — Production 2.98 million t (2024)
- Agricultural land — Value of agricultural production (Int. $) per Area 187.5 USD_PPP/ha (2024)
- Arable land — Area 31,787 1000 ha (2024)
- Cropland — Area per capita 1.01 ha/cap (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freshwater fish — food in Australia and New Zealand?
- Freshwater fish — food in Australia and New Zealand was 129 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest freshwater fish — food recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 129 1000 t in 2018.
- What is the lowest freshwater fish — food recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 57 1000 t in 2010.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for freshwater fish — food?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 30th out of 164 countries with data for 2023.
- Is freshwater fish — food rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Freshwater Fish — 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.