Grand Total — Food supply in Americas
Americas: Grand Total — Food supply was 3,438 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Grand Total — Food supply in Americas, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Americas recorded 3,438 kcal/cap/d for grand total — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Americas peaked at 3,438 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,277 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
Americas ranks 8th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Grand Total — Food supply in Americas, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,277 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3,285 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 3,293 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 3,295 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 3,309 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 3,302 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 3,299 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 3,311 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 3,333 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 3,354 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 3,366 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 3,398 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 3,429 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 3,438 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,306 kcal/cap/d | 3,277 kcal/cap/d | 3,354 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,408 kcal/cap/d | 3,366 kcal/cap/d | 3,438 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 5 Israel 3,754 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Italy 3,753 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Republic of Moldova 2,991 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Denmark 3,734 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Micronesia 2,912 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,875 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Poland 3,730 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Iceland 3,681 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,800 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,633 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Montenegro 3,669 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Saudi Arabia 3,660 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -3.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.6489 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 1.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.7528 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -4.01 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Americas?
- Grand total — food supply in Americas was 3,438 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest grand total — food supply recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 3,438 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,277 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Americas rank for grand total — food supply?
- Americas ranks 8th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Grand Total — 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.