How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Austria
Austria: How have things changed?, per square kilometre was 0.0669 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising
How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Austria, 1965–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in metric tons per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Austria is 0.0669 metric tons per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 59 years on record.
The figure is up 8.9% on the previous year and up 53.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Austria peaked at 0.0669 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.0247 metric tons per square kilometre, in 1975.
Austria ranks 192nd of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.
How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Austria, year by year
| Year | metric tons per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 0.0618 metric tons per square kilometre | — |
| 1966 | 0.0594 metric tons per square kilometre | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 0.0509 metric tons per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 1968 | 0.0485 metric tons per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0424 metric tons per square kilometre | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 0.0388 metric tons per square kilometre | -8.6% |
| 1971 | 0.0351 metric tons per square kilometre | -9.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0315 metric tons per square kilometre | -10.3% |
| 1973 | 0.0267 metric tons per square kilometre | -15.4% |
| 1974 | 0.0251 metric tons per square kilometre | -5.9% |
| 1975 | 0.0247 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.4% |
| 1976 | 0.0286 metric tons per square kilometre | +15.7% |
| 1977 | 0.0299 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 0.0448 metric tons per square kilometre | +49.8% |
| 1979 | 0.0497 metric tons per square kilometre | +10.8% |
| 1980 | 0.0521 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0533 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 0.0545 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 0.057 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.4% |
| 1984 | 0.057 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0582 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 0.057 metric tons per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0557 metric tons per square kilometre | -2.1% |
| 1988 | 0.0618 metric tons per square kilometre | +10.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0606 metric tons per square kilometre | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0443 metric tons per square kilometre | -26.8% |
| 1991 | 0.044 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.0439 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.0431 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0423 metric tons per square kilometre | -1.9% |
| 1995 | 0.0403 metric tons per square kilometre | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0412 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0422 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0407 metric tons per square kilometre | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0424 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0398 metric tons per square kilometre | -6.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0334 metric tons per square kilometre | -16.2% |
| 2002 | 0.0325 metric tons per square kilometre | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 0.0316 metric tons per square kilometre | -2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0323 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0338 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0347 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.035 metric tons per square kilometre | +0.9% |
| 2008 | 0.0295 metric tons per square kilometre | -15.6% |
| 2009 | 0.0302 metric tons per square kilometre | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 0.0305 metric tons per square kilometre | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0394 metric tons per square kilometre | +29.3% |
| 2012 | 0.0415 metric tons per square kilometre | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0435 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0453 metric tons per square kilometre | +4.3% |
| 2015 | 0.0467 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0465 metric tons per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.051 metric tons per square kilometre | +9.9% |
| 2018 | 0.0526 metric tons per square kilometre | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0558 metric tons per square kilometre | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 0.0593 metric tons per square kilometre | +6.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0639 metric tons per square kilometre | +7.7% |
| 2022 | 0.0614 metric tons per square kilometre | -3.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0669 metric tons per square kilometre | +8.9% |
Austria compared with similar countries
- Austria's 0.0669 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for high income countries, which is 1.48 metric tons per square kilometre, 5% of the median. (85 countries reporting)
- Austria's 0.0669 metric tons per square kilometre is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.5392 metric tons per square kilometre, 12% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Austria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +49.8% | 0.0299 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0448 metric tons per square kilometre |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.0526 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0424 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0618 metric tons per square kilometre | 5 |
| 1970s | 0.0335 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0247 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0497 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0567 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0521 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0618 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0424 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0403 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0443 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0333 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0295 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0398 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0453 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0305 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0558 metric tons per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0629 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0593 metric tons per square kilometre | 0.0669 metric tons per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Austria
- 189 Ukraine 0.0756 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 190 Slovenia 0.0695 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 191 Lesotho 0.0687 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 193 Central African Republic 0.0472 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 194 Australia 0.0462 metric tons per square kilometre compare
- 195 Algeria 0.0422 metric tons per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for Austria
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.6222 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2597 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1986 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 7.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.08 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is how have things changed?, per square kilometre in Austria?
- How have things changed?, per square kilometre in Austria was 0.0669 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in Austria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0669 metric tons per square kilometre in 2023.
- What is the lowest how have things changed?, per square kilometre recorded in Austria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0247 metric tons per square kilometre in 1975.
- How does Austria rank for how have things changed?, per square kilometre?
- Austria ranks 192nd out of 215 countries with data for 2023.
- Is how have things changed?, per square kilometre rising or falling in Austria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 53.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Austria data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of How have things changed?, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
How have things changed? 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.
How have things changed? ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- How have things changed? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- 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
How have things changed? 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.