Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre in Australia
Australia: Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre was 0.2275 m3 per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per square kilometre.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.2275 m3 per square kilometre for wood-based panels — production, per square kilometre in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and up 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood-based panels — production, per square kilometre in Australia peaked at 0.2658 m3 per square kilometre in 2004 and was at its lowest, 0.0291 m3 per square kilometre, in 1962.
That places Australia 77th out of 195 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre in Australia, year by year
| Year | m3 per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.0304 m3 per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.0291 m3 per square kilometre | -4.4% |
| 1963 | 0.1256 m3 per square kilometre | +332.2% |
| 1964 | 0.0391 m3 per square kilometre | -68.9% |
| 1965 | 0.0454 m3 per square kilometre | +16.1% |
| 1966 | 0.0551 m3 per square kilometre | +21.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0578 m3 per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1968 | 0.065 m3 per square kilometre | +12.4% |
| 1969 | 0.0663 m3 per square kilometre | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0734 m3 per square kilometre | +10.7% |
| 1971 | 0.075 m3 per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 1972 | 0.0684 m3 per square kilometre | -8.9% |
| 1973 | 0.0824 m3 per square kilometre | +20.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0931 m3 per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0794 m3 per square kilometre | -14.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0908 m3 per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1977 | 0.0953 m3 per square kilometre | +5.0% |
| 1978 | 0.094 m3 per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1979 | 0.0957 m3 per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 1980 | 0.1066 m3 per square kilometre | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 0.1089 m3 per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1982 | 0.1096 m3 per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 0.0916 m3 per square kilometre | -16.4% |
| 1984 | 0.1079 m3 per square kilometre | +17.8% |
| 1985 | 0.1132 m3 per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 0.1164 m3 per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.1269 m3 per square kilometre | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 0.1248 m3 per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1989 | 0.1369 m3 per square kilometre | +9.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1244 m3 per square kilometre | -9.2% |
| 1991 | 0.1088 m3 per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 1992 | 0.1104 m3 per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1993 | 0.1213 m3 per square kilometre | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 0.1386 m3 per square kilometre | +14.3% |
| 1995 | 0.1442 m3 per square kilometre | +4.0% |
| 1996 | 0.1762 m3 per square kilometre | +22.2% |
| 1997 | 0.179 m3 per square kilometre | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 0.2022 m3 per square kilometre | +12.9% |
| 1999 | 0.2045 m3 per square kilometre | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 0.2331 m3 per square kilometre | +14.0% |
| 2001 | 0.2308 m3 per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2459 m3 per square kilometre | +6.5% |
| 2003 | 0.2642 m3 per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 0.2658 m3 per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.2537 m3 per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2589 m3 per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 0.2325 m3 per square kilometre | -10.2% |
| 2008 | 0.24 m3 per square kilometre | +3.2% |
| 2009 | 0.2221 m3 per square kilometre | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 0.2143 m3 per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 0.2272 m3 per square kilometre | +6.0% |
| 2012 | 0.1942 m3 per square kilometre | -14.5% |
| 2013 | 0.1893 m3 per square kilometre | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 0.2001 m3 per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 2015 | 0.2199 m3 per square kilometre | +9.9% |
| 2016 | 0.2238 m3 per square kilometre | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.2251 m3 per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 0.2232 m3 per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 0.2252 m3 per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 0.2159 m3 per square kilometre | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 0.2275 m3 per square kilometre | +5.4% |
| 2022 | 0.2282 m3 per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 0.2275 m3 per square kilometre | -0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | +332.2% | 0.0291 m3 per square kilometre | 0.1256 m3 per square kilometre |
| 1964 | -68.9% | 0.1256 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0391 m3 per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0571 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0291 m3 per square kilometre | 0.1256 m3 per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.0847 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0684 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0957 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1143 m3 per square kilometre | 0.0916 m3 per square kilometre | 0.1369 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.151 m3 per square kilometre | 0.1088 m3 per square kilometre | 0.2045 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2447 m3 per square kilometre | 0.2221 m3 per square kilometre | 0.2658 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2142 m3 per square kilometre | 0.1893 m3 per square kilometre | 0.2272 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2248 m3 per square kilometre | 0.2159 m3 per square kilometre | 0.2282 m3 per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
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 wood-based panels — production, per square kilometre in Australia?
- Wood-based panels — production, per square kilometre in Australia was 0.2275 m3 per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood-based panels — production, per square kilometre recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2658 m3 per square kilometre in 2004.
- What is the lowest wood-based panels — production, per square kilometre recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0291 m3 per square kilometre in 1962.
- How does Australia rank for wood-based panels — production, per square kilometre?
- Australia ranks 77th out of 195 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wood-based panels — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Wood-based panels — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood-based panels — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Wood-based panels — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wood-based panels — Production Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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
Wood-based panels — Production divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.