Grand Total — Food supply in Central America
Central America: Grand Total — Food supply was 3,169 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in Central America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for grand total — food supply in Central America is 3,169 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Central America peaked at 3,169 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,980 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
Central America ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Central America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,994 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,981 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 2,986 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,980 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 3,004 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 3,019 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 3,053 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 3,068 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 3,077 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 3,111 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 3,114 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 3,134 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 3,136 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 3,169 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,027 kcal/cap/d | 2,980 kcal/cap/d | 3,111 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,139 kcal/cap/d | 3,114 kcal/cap/d | 3,169 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 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
- 12 Romania 3,649 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 2,518 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Canada 3,590 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Australia 3,562 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,374 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Portugal 3,553 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 2,277 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -5.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2408 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3756 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0452 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.81 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Central America?
- Grand total — food supply in Central America was 3,169 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,169 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,980 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Central America rank for grand total — food supply?
- Central America ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.