Cassava and products — Food supply in Central America
Central America: Cassava and products — Food supply was 3.26 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cassava and products — Food supply in Central America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Central America recorded 3.26 kcal/cap/d for cassava and products — food supply in 2023.
The figure is up 2.8% on the previous year and down 24.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava and products — food supply in Central America peaked at 4.34 kcal/cap/d in 2012 and was at its lowest, 2.37 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
Central America ranks 17th of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Cassava and products — Food supply in Central America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2.37 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2.71 kcal/cap/d | +14.3% |
| 2012 | 4.34 kcal/cap/d | +60.1% |
| 2013 | 4.33 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 3.51 kcal/cap/d | -18.9% |
| 2015 | 3.74 kcal/cap/d | +6.6% |
| 2016 | 3.4 kcal/cap/d | -9.1% |
| 2017 | 3.76 kcal/cap/d | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 3.48 kcal/cap/d | -7.4% |
| 2019 | 2.98 kcal/cap/d | -14.4% |
| 2020 | 2.81 kcal/cap/d | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 3.27 kcal/cap/d | +16.4% |
| 2022 | 3.17 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 3.26 kcal/cap/d | +2.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3.46 kcal/cap/d | 2.37 kcal/cap/d | 4.34 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.13 kcal/cap/d | 2.81 kcal/cap/d | 3.27 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 14 Cabo Verde 12.93 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Malawi 258.64 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Polynesia 18.3 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Madagascar 229.05 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0 kcal/cap/d
- 16 Comoros 199.14 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 kcal/cap/d
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 0 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Türkiye 0 kcal/cap/d
- 17 Indonesia 195.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Gabon 184.03 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Fiji 176.3 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Cuba 167.79 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3756 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0452 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 0.5782 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava and products — food supply in Central America?
- Cassava and products — food supply in Central America was 3.26 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava and products — food supply recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 4.34 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- What is the lowest cassava and products — food supply recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.37 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Central America rank for cassava and products — food supply?
- Central America ranks 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cassava and products — food supply rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 24.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cassava and products — 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.