Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled was 46,157 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in Australia and New Zealand stood at 46,157 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 23.6% on the previous year and down 55.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 345,002 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 22,361 t, in 2019.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 19th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300,700 t | — |
| 1962 | 201,500 t | -33.0% |
| 1963 | 224,200 t | +11.3% |
| 1964 | 261,400 t | +16.6% |
| 1965 | 289,100 t | +10.6% |
| 1966 | 280,400 t | -3.0% |
| 1967 | 281,400 t | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 302,700 t | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 295,200 t | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 275,800 t | -6.6% |
| 1971 | 288,300 t | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 221,400 t | -23.2% |
| 1973 | 266,000 t | +20.1% |
| 1974 | 289,200 t | +8.7% |
| 1975 | 326,800 t | +13.0% |
| 1976 | 225,200 t | -31.1% |
| 1977 | 320,900 t | +42.5% |
| 1978 | 273,400 t | -14.8% |
| 1979 | 295,000 t | +7.9% |
| 1980 | 337,100 t | +14.3% |
| 1981 | 281,900 t | -16.4% |
| 1982 | 252,000 t | -10.6% |
| 1983 | 147,600 t | -41.4% |
| 1984 | 202,000 t | +36.9% |
| 1985 | 323,000 t | +59.9% |
| 1986 | 304,000 t | -5.9% |
| 1987 | 295,900 t | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 275,200 t | -7.0% |
| 1989 | 301,500 t | +9.6% |
| 1990 | 306,800 t | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 194,600 t | -36.6% |
| 1992 | 174,165 t | -10.5% |
| 1993 | 205,324 t | +17.9% |
| 1994 | 206,102 t | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 257,102 t | +24.7% |
| 1996 | 281,602 t | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 250,002 t | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 289,002 t | +15.6% |
| 1999 | 278,002 t | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 305,002 t | +9.7% |
| 2001 | 239,002 t | -21.6% |
| 2002 | 253,002 t | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 278,002 t | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 324,002 t | +16.5% |
| 2005 | 345,002 t | +6.5% |
| 2006 | 274,002 t | -20.6% |
| 2007 | 284,002 t | +3.6% |
| 2008 | 200,119 t | -29.5% |
| 2009 | 182,162 t | -9.0% |
| 2010 | 253,698 t | +39.3% |
| 2011 | 188,923 t | -25.5% |
| 2012 | 111,159 t | -41.2% |
| 2013 | 91,942 t | -17.3% |
| 2014 | 103,791 t | +12.9% |
| 2015 | 93,838 t | -9.6% |
| 2016 | 79,034 t | -15.8% |
| 2017 | 73,084 t | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 42,341 t | -42.1% |
| 2019 | 22,361 t | -47.2% |
| 2020 | 91,382 t | +308.7% |
| 2021 | 80,297 t | -12.1% |
| 2022 | 84,180 t | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 60,410 t | -28.2% |
| 2024 | 46,157 t | -23.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 270,733 t | 201,500 t | 302,700 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 278,200 t | 221,400 t | 326,800 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 272,020 t | 147,600 t | 337,100 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 244,270 t | 174,165 t | 306,800 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 268,430 t | 182,162 t | 345,002 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 106,017 t | 22,361 t | 253,698 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 72,485 t | 46,157 t | 91,382 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
More environment data for Australia and New Zealand
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -5.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.39 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 newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in Australia and New Zealand?
- Newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in Australia and New Zealand was 46,157 t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 345,002 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 22,361 t in 2019.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 19th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 55.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 64 observations, free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page.
How this figure is calculated
Newsprint — Import quantity with 102 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Newsprint — Import quantity Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Newsprint — Import quantity with 102 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.