Bananas — Food supply in South America
South America: Bananas — Food supply was 41.84 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — food supply in South America is 41.84 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 5.8% on the previous year and down 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — food supply in South America peaked at 49.99 kcal/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 37.84 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
South America ranks 4th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Bananas — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 44.99 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 45.39 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 49.99 kcal/cap/d | +10.1% |
| 2013 | 49.35 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 47.62 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2015 | 49.23 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 45.82 kcal/cap/d | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 37.84 kcal/cap/d | -17.4% |
| 2018 | 41.49 kcal/cap/d | +9.6% |
| 2019 | 41.67 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 39.08 kcal/cap/d | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 38.62 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 39.56 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2023 | 41.84 kcal/cap/d | +5.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 45.34 kcal/cap/d | 37.84 kcal/cap/d | 49.99 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 39.77 kcal/cap/d | 38.62 kcal/cap/d | 41.84 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 176.01 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Papua New Guinea 193.65 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Comoros 159.68 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Melanesia 162.46 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Samoa 137.23 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Dominican Republic 122.9 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 68.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Polynesia 52.33 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Peru 111.5 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Micronesia 49.97 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Vanuatu 93.95 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Kiribati 91.3 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Viet Nam 33.79 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — food supply in South America?
- Bananas — food supply in South America was 41.84 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 49.99 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest bananas — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 37.84 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does South America rank for bananas — food supply?
- South America ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is bananas — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.