Wood fuel — Production, per square kilometre in Australia
Australia: Wood fuel — Production, per square kilometre was 0.5129 m3 per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wood fuel — Production, per square kilometre in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in m3 per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, wood fuel — production, per square kilometre in Australia stood at 0.5129 m3 per square kilometre.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and down 17.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wood fuel — production, per square kilometre in Australia peaked at 0.9056 m3 per square kilometre in 1997 and was at its lowest, 0.2473 m3 per square kilometre, in 1982.
That places Australia 152nd out of 170 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Wood fuel — Production, per square kilometre in Australia, year by year
| Year | m3 per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0.4426 m3 per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0.4263 m3 per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 0.4107 m3 per square kilometre | -3.7% |
| 1964 | 0.3944 m3 per square kilometre | -4.0% |
| 1965 | 0.3794 m3 per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 1966 | 0.3254 m3 per square kilometre | -14.2% |
| 1967 | 0.3482 m3 per square kilometre | +7.0% |
| 1968 | 0.3486 m3 per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 0.3491 m3 per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1970 | 0.3496 m3 per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 1971 | 0.35 m3 per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 0.3504 m3 per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 0.3508 m3 per square kilometre | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 0.3645 m3 per square kilometre | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 0.3645 m3 per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 0.3619 m3 per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1977 | 0.3619 m3 per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 0.3619 m3 per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 0.3619 m3 per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 0.3619 m3 per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 0.3671 m3 per square kilometre | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 0.2473 m3 per square kilometre | -32.6% |
| 1983 | 0.2994 m3 per square kilometre | +21.1% |
| 1984 | 0.3515 m3 per square kilometre | +17.4% |
| 1985 | 0.3116 m3 per square kilometre | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 0.3377 m3 per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 0.3664 m3 per square kilometre | +8.5% |
| 1988 | 0.3972 m3 per square kilometre | +8.4% |
| 1989 | 0.4293 m3 per square kilometre | +8.1% |
| 1990 | 0.4615 m3 per square kilometre | +7.5% |
| 1991 | 0.4929 m3 per square kilometre | +6.8% |
| 1992 | 0.5233 m3 per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 0.5534 m3 per square kilometre | +5.7% |
| 1994 | 0.5845 m3 per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 0.6173 m3 per square kilometre | +5.6% |
| 1996 | 0.6532 m3 per square kilometre | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 0.9056 m3 per square kilometre | +38.6% |
| 1998 | 0.8971 m3 per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 0.8889 m3 per square kilometre | -0.9% |
| 2000 | 0.8818 m3 per square kilometre | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 0.8715 m3 per square kilometre | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 0.7185 m3 per square kilometre | -17.6% |
| 2003 | 0.7667 m3 per square kilometre | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7291 m3 per square kilometre | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 0.7291 m3 per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.6563 m3 per square kilometre | -10.0% |
| 2007 | 0.6744 m3 per square kilometre | +2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.6585 m3 per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.6285 m3 per square kilometre | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 0.6317 m3 per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 0.6329 m3 per square kilometre | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 0.6177 m3 per square kilometre | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6177 m3 per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.6177 m3 per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.5332 m3 per square kilometre | -13.7% |
| 2016 | 0.5258 m3 per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 0.5372 m3 per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5318 m3 per square kilometre | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.5335 m3 per square kilometre | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.5035 m3 per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 2021 | 0.5034 m3 per square kilometre | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.509 m3 per square kilometre | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 0.5129 m3 per square kilometre | +0.8% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.5129 m3 per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 11.93 m3 per square kilometre, 4% of the median. (59 countries reporting)
- Australia's 0.5129 m3 per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 7.47 m3 per square kilometre, 7% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Wood fuel — 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +38.6% | 0.6532 m3 per square kilometre | 0.9056 m3 per square kilometre |
| 1982 | -32.6% | 0.3671 m3 per square kilometre | 0.2473 m3 per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3805 m3 per square kilometre | 0.3254 m3 per square kilometre | 0.4426 m3 per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0.3577 m3 per square kilometre | 0.3496 m3 per square kilometre | 0.3645 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3469 m3 per square kilometre | 0.2473 m3 per square kilometre | 0.4293 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6578 m3 per square kilometre | 0.4615 m3 per square kilometre | 0.9056 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7314 m3 per square kilometre | 0.6285 m3 per square kilometre | 0.8818 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5779 m3 per square kilometre | 0.5258 m3 per square kilometre | 0.6329 m3 per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5072 m3 per square kilometre | 0.5034 m3 per square kilometre | 0.5129 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)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.2559 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e) 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) (Mt CO2e), per 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wood fuel — production, per square kilometre in Australia?
- Wood fuel — production, per square kilometre in Australia was 0.5129 m3 per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest wood fuel — production, per square kilometre recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9056 m3 per square kilometre in 1997.
- What is the lowest wood fuel — production, per square kilometre recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2473 m3 per square kilometre in 1982.
- How does Australia rank for wood fuel — production, per square kilometre?
- Australia ranks 152nd out of 170 countries with data for 2023.
- Is wood fuel — production, per square kilometre rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.0%. 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 fuel — Production, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Wood fuel — 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 fuel — Production ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Wood fuel — 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 fuel — 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.