Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in South America

South America: Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply was 969.22 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
969.22 kcal/cap/d
Change on year
down 0.1%
Rank
22nd
of 29 groups
All-time high
970.22 kcal/cap/d
in 2022
All-time low
924.91 kcal/cap/d
in 2012
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023

02004006008001.0k2010201620232010: 967.7 kcal/cap/d2011: 938.9 kcal/cap/d2012: 924.9 kcal/cap/d2013: 932.9 kcal/cap/d2014: 943.1 kcal/cap/d2015: 926.5 kcal/cap/d2016: 925.9 kcal/cap/d2017: 945.4 kcal/cap/d2018: 948.4 kcal/cap/d2019: 927.4 kcal/cap/d2020: 939.4 kcal/cap/d2021: 952.3 kcal/cap/d2022: 970.2 kcal/cap/d2023: 969.2 kcal/cap/d

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.

Analysis

South America recorded 969.22 kcal/cap/d for cereals - excluding beer — food supply in 2023.

That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, cereals - excluding beer — food supply in South America peaked at 970.22 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 924.91 kcal/cap/d, in 2012.

South America ranks 22nd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply in South America, year by year

Annual values for Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply (kcal/capita/day) in South America, 2010 to 2023.
Year kcal/cap/d Change
2010 967.67 kcal/cap/d
2011 938.89 kcal/cap/d -3.0%
2012 924.91 kcal/cap/d -1.5%
2013 932.87 kcal/cap/d +0.9%
2014 943.14 kcal/cap/d +1.1%
2015 926.52 kcal/cap/d -1.8%
2016 925.94 kcal/cap/d -0.1%
2017 945.44 kcal/cap/d +2.1%
2018 948.43 kcal/cap/d +0.3%
2019 927.41 kcal/cap/d -2.2%
2020 939.38 kcal/cap/d +1.3%
2021 952.31 kcal/cap/d +1.4%
2022 970.22 kcal/cap/d +1.9%
2023 969.22 kcal/cap/d -0.1%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 938.12 kcal/cap/d 924.91 kcal/cap/d 967.67 kcal/cap/d 10
2020s 957.78 kcal/cap/d 939.38 kcal/cap/d 970.22 kcal/cap/d 4

Countries ranked near South America

  1. 19 Micronesia (Federated States of) 531.27 kcal/cap/d compare
  2. 19 Cambodia 1,541 kcal/cap/d compare
  3. 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 319.07 kcal/cap/d compare
  4. 20 Mauritania 1,539 kcal/cap/d compare
  5. 21 Sri Lanka 1,496 kcal/cap/d compare
  6. 22 Algeria 1,487 kcal/cap/d compare
  7. 23 Guinea-Bissau 1,449 kcal/cap/d compare
  8. 24 Thailand 1,411 kcal/cap/d compare
  9. 25 Djibouti 1,403 kcal/cap/d compare

See the full ranking of 213 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is cereals - excluding beer — food supply in South America?
Cereals - excluding beer — food supply in South America was 969.22 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in South America?
The highest recorded value was 970.22 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
What is the lowest cereals - excluding beer — food supply recorded in South America?
The lowest recorded value was 924.91 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
How does South America rank for cereals - excluding beer — food supply?
South America ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
Is cereals - excluding beer — food supply rising or falling in South America?
Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this South America data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Cereals - Excluding Beer — Food supply (kcal/capita/day)
Unit
kcal/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 2,901 data points, 2010–2023
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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.