Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in Australia
Australia: Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre was 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in Australia, 1961–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes per square kilometre.
Analysis
Australia recorded 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre for soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in 2023.
The figure is up 49.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in Australia peaked at 0.0009 tonnes per square kilometre in 2016 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes per square kilometre, in 1961.
Australia ranks 80th of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in Australia, year by year
| Year | tonnes per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1962 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1963 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1964 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1965 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1966 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1967 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1968 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1969 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1970 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1971 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1972 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1973 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1974 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1975 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1976 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1977 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1978 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1979 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1980 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1981 | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1982 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | — |
| 1983 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.0003 tonnes per square kilometre | +100.0% |
| 1996 | 0.0003 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.0003 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0003 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.0003 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.0003 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0003 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.0003 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | +50.0% |
| 2004 | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.0005 tonnes per square kilometre | +33.3% |
| 2013 | 0.0005 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.0009 tonnes per square kilometre | +16.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | -14.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0007 tonnes per square kilometre | -16.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0007 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | +20.0% |
| 2021 | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | +0.0% |
Australia compared with similar countries
- Australia's 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.0315 tonnes per square kilometre, 2% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 9 |
| 1970s | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | 0 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0002 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0001 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0003 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0003 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0006 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0009 tonnes per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 77 Saudi Arabia 0.0014 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 78 Turkey 0.0013 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 79 United States 0.0009 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 81 Kazakhstan 0.0004 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 82 Russia 0.0002 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Albania 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Argentina 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Armenia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Antigua and Barbuda 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Azerbaijan 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Belgium 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Bulgaria 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Bahrain 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Bahamas 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Belarus 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Bermuda 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Brazil 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Barbados 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Bhutan 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Central African Republic 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Cameroon 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Congo 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Comoros 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Cape Verde 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Cyprus 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Djibouti 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Dominica 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Dominican Republic 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Algeria 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Ecuador 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Egypt 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Estonia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Finland 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Fiji 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Micronesia (country) 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Gabon 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Georgia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Guinea 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Gambia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Guinea-Bissau 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Greece 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Grenada 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Guyana 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Honduras 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Croatia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Haiti 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Hungary 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Iran 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Iraq 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Iceland 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Jamaica 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Kyrgyzstan 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Cambodia 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Kiribati 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Kuwait 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Lebanon 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Libya 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Saint Lucia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Sri Lanka 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Lesotho 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Lithuania 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Luxembourg 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Latvia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Morocco 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Moldova 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Madagascar 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Maldives 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Marshall Islands 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 North Macedonia 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Malta 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Montenegro 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Mongolia 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Mauritania 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Namibia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Niger 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Nicaragua 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Netherlands 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Nepal 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Nauru 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Oman 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Pakistan 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Portugal 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Paraguay 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 French Polynesia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Qatar 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Romania 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Sudan 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Solomon Islands 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Sierra Leone 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Somalia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Serbia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Sao Tome and Principe 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Suriname 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Slovakia 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Eswatini 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Seychelles 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Chad 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Togo 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Tajikistan 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Tonga 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Trinidad and Tobago 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Tuvalu 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Tanzania 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Uganda 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Ukraine 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Uruguay 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Uzbekistan 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Venezuela 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
- 83 Vanuatu 0 tonnes per square kilometre
- 83 Yemen 0 tonnes per square kilometre compare
More reference data data for Australia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.21 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 28.02 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 38.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.55 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 38.41 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 4.07 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 6.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 118.71 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 170.29 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 13.9 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in Australia?
- Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre in Australia was 0.0008 tonnes per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0009 tonnes per square kilometre in 2016.
- What is the lowest soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes per square kilometre in 1961.
- How does Australia rank for soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre?
- Australia ranks 80th out of 189 countries with data for 2023.
- Is soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 49.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Australia data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel?, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? 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.
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – 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
Soybeans: are they used for food, feed or fuel? 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.