Peru vs South America: Starchy Roots — Food supply
Starchy Roots — Food supply over time
- Peru
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 23.53 million million Kcal against 4.82 million million Kcal in Peru, a difference of 18.72 million million Kcal.
That makes South America's figure about 4.9 times Peru's.
Across all 14 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Peru ranks 13th and South America ranks 13th of 164 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Peru | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 4.17 million million Kcal | 23.35 million million Kcal | 19.18 million million Kcal | South America |
| 2020s | 4.62 million million Kcal | 23.55 million million Kcal | 18.93 million million Kcal | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher starchy roots — food supply, Peru or South America?
- South America, at 23.53 million million Kcal against 4.82 million million Kcal in Peru as of 2023.
- What is the difference in starchy roots — food supply between Peru and South America?
- 18.72 million million Kcal, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and South America?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2023.
- How do Peru and South America rank globally for starchy roots — food supply?
- Peru ranks 13th and South America ranks 13th of 164 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Starchy Roots — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.