Bovine Meat — Food supply quantity in South America
South America: Bovine Meat — Food supply quantity was 29.72 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Bovine Meat — Food supply quantity in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bovine meat — food supply quantity in South America is 29.72 kg/cap, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 7.3% on the previous year and down 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bovine meat — food supply quantity in South America peaked at 32.63 kg/cap in 2013 and was at its lowest, 27.7 kg/cap, in 2022.
South America ranks 3rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Bovine Meat — Food supply quantity in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 31.08 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 31.29 kg/cap | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 31.89 kg/cap | +1.9% |
| 2013 | 32.63 kg/cap | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 31.8 kg/cap | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 30.93 kg/cap | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 29.84 kg/cap | -3.5% |
| 2017 | 30.04 kg/cap | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 30.31 kg/cap | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 29.63 kg/cap | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 28.62 kg/cap | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 27.93 kg/cap | -2.4% |
| 2022 | 27.7 kg/cap | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 29.72 kg/cap | +7.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 30.94 kg/cap | 29.63 kg/cap | 32.63 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 28.49 kg/cap | 27.7 kg/cap | 29.72 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 1 Argentina 48.99 kg/cap compare
- 1 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 23.54 kg/cap compare
- 2 Türkiye 19.71 kg/cap compare
- 2 Zimbabwe 45.48 kg/cap compare
- 3 Polynesia 17.87 kg/cap compare
- 3 Brazil 39.07 kg/cap compare
- 4 Mongolia 33.28 kg/cap compare
- 4 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 13.8 kg/cap compare
- 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 9.31 kg/cap compare
- 5 Uzbekistan 32.27 kg/cap compare
- 6 Micronesia 8.68 kg/cap compare
- 6 Israel 30.06 kg/cap compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bovine meat — food supply quantity in South America?
- Bovine meat — food supply quantity in South America was 29.72 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bovine meat — food supply quantity recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 32.63 kg/cap in 2013.
- What is the lowest bovine meat — food supply quantity recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 27.7 kg/cap in 2022.
- How does South America rank for bovine meat — food supply quantity?
- South America ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is bovine meat — food supply quantity rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.9%. 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 Bovine Meat — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.