Cassava and products — Food supply quantity in South America
South America: Cassava and products — Food supply quantity was 24.11 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cassava and products — Food supply quantity in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, cassava and products — food supply quantity in South America stood at 24.11 kg/cap.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 17.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cassava and products — food supply quantity in South America peaked at 30.94 kg/cap in 2010 and was at its lowest, 23.11 kg/cap, in 2019.
South America ranks 10th 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 quantity in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30.94 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 30.55 kg/cap | -1.3% |
| 2012 | 28.48 kg/cap | -6.8% |
| 2013 | 29.28 kg/cap | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 30.8 kg/cap | +5.2% |
| 2015 | 29.67 kg/cap | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 28.71 kg/cap | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 24.26 kg/cap | -15.5% |
| 2018 | 23.81 kg/cap | -1.9% |
| 2019 | 23.11 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 23.78 kg/cap | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 23.61 kg/cap | -0.7% |
| 2022 | 24.38 kg/cap | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 24.11 kg/cap | -1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 27.96 kg/cap | 23.11 kg/cap | 30.94 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 23.97 kg/cap | 23.61 kg/cap | 24.38 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 7 Micronesia 26 kg/cap compare
- 7 Nigeria 159.22 kg/cap compare
- 8 Sierra Leone 155.52 kg/cap compare
- 9 Guinea 142.32 kg/cap compare
- 9 Melanesia 16.76 kg/cap compare
- 10 Cambodia 130.52 kg/cap compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 13.65 kg/cap compare
- 11 Timor-Leste 13.3 kg/cap compare
- 11 Cameroon 119.11 kg/cap compare
- 12 Liberia 105.69 kg/cap compare
- 12 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10.87 kg/cap compare
- 13 Viet Nam 9.27 kg/cap compare
- 13 Malawi 105.19 kg/cap compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cassava and products — food supply quantity in South America?
- Cassava and products — food supply quantity in South America was 24.11 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest cassava and products — food supply quantity recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 30.94 kg/cap in 2010.
- What is the lowest cassava and products — food supply quantity recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 23.11 kg/cap in 2019.
- How does South America rank for cassava and products — food supply quantity?
- South America ranks 10th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is cassava and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 17.7%. 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 Cassava and products — 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.