Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled in Australia
Australia: Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled was 25,856 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled in Australia, 1961–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in t.
Analysis
Australia recorded 25,856 t for newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in 2024.
That represents a change of down 32.6% on the previous year and down 65.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in Australia peaked at 342,000 t in 2005 and was at its lowest, 20,576 t, in 2019.
Australia ranks 35th of 206 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Newsprint — Import quantity, gaps filled in Australia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 273,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 190,800 t | -30.2% |
| 1963 | 216,000 t | +13.2% |
| 1964 | 256,200 t | +18.6% |
| 1965 | 285,000 t | +11.2% |
| 1966 | 278,300 t | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 280,600 t | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 302,000 t | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 294,400 t | -2.5% |
| 1970 | 275,300 t | -6.5% |
| 1971 | 287,800 t | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 221,000 t | -23.2% |
| 1973 | 258,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1974 | 283,200 t | +9.8% |
| 1975 | 324,500 t | +14.6% |
| 1976 | 216,600 t | -33.3% |
| 1977 | 320,700 t | +48.1% |
| 1978 | 266,200 t | -17.0% |
| 1979 | 294,800 t | +10.7% |
| 1980 | 336,800 t | +14.2% |
| 1981 | 277,500 t | -17.6% |
| 1982 | 251,900 t | -9.2% |
| 1983 | 134,600 t | -46.6% |
| 1984 | 193,500 t | +43.8% |
| 1985 | 301,900 t | +56.0% |
| 1986 | 256,600 t | -15.0% |
| 1987 | 235,000 t | -8.4% |
| 1988 | 264,300 t | +12.5% |
| 1989 | 288,400 t | +9.1% |
| 1990 | 288,100 t | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 188,600 t | -34.5% |
| 1992 | 171,860 t | -8.9% |
| 1993 | 204,700 t | +19.1% |
| 1994 | 206,000 t | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 257,100 t | +24.8% |
| 1996 | 281,600 t | +9.5% |
| 1997 | 250,000 t | -11.2% |
| 1998 | 289,000 t | +15.6% |
| 1999 | 278,000 t | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 305,000 t | +9.7% |
| 2001 | 239,000 t | -21.6% |
| 2002 | 253,000 t | +5.9% |
| 2003 | 278,000 t | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 315,000 t | +13.3% |
| 2005 | 342,000 t | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 270,000 t | -21.1% |
| 2007 | 280,000 t | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 199,000 t | -28.9% |
| 2009 | 177,000 t | -11.1% |
| 2010 | 226,315 t | +27.9% |
| 2011 | 166,826 t | -26.3% |
| 2012 | 97,773 t | -41.4% |
| 2013 | 73,760 t | -24.6% |
| 2014 | 75,053 t | +1.8% |
| 2015 | 76,277 t | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 69,259 t | -9.2% |
| 2017 | 65,031 t | -6.1% |
| 2018 | 33,211 t | -48.9% |
| 2019 | 20,576 t | -38.0% |
| 2020 | 87,276 t | +324.2% |
| 2021 | 62,374 t | -28.5% |
| 2022 | 49,077 t | -21.3% |
| 2023 | 38,352 t | -21.9% |
| 2024 | 25,856 t | -32.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 264,089 t | 190,800 t | 302,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 274,810 t | 216,600 t | 324,500 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 254,050 t | 134,600 t | 336,800 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 241,496 t | 171,860 t | 289,000 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 265,800 t | 177,000 t | 342,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 90,408 t | 20,576 t | 226,315 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 52,587 t | 25,856 t | 87,276 t | 5 |
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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)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate -32.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 16,215 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -51.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 23.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, per capita 0.0139 t per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in Australia?
- Newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled in Australia was 25,856 t in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 342,000 t in 2005.
- What is the lowest newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,576 t in 2019.
- How does Australia rank for newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled?
- Australia ranks 35th out of 206 countries with data for 2024.
- Is newsprint — import quantity, gaps filled rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 65.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Australia 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.
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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.