Grand Total — Food supply in South America
South America: Grand Total — Food supply was 3,205 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Grand Total — Food supply in South 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 South America is 3,205 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in South America peaked at 3,205 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 3,054 kcal/cap/d, in 2016.
South America ranks 11th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Grand Total — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,058 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 3,083 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 3,073 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 3,092 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 3,129 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 3,098 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 3,054 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2017 | 3,067 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 3,095 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 3,110 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 3,117 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 3,170 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 3,202 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 3,205 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 3,086 kcal/cap/d | 3,054 kcal/cap/d | 3,129 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,173 kcal/cap/d | 3,117 kcal/cap/d | 3,205 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 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
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Total — Production, annual growth rate 4.3 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production, annual growth rate 2.85 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -0.1374 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.6854 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.9589 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -5.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production, annual growth rate -6.6 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in South America?
- Grand total — food supply in South America was 3,205 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 3,205 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,054 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- How does South America rank for grand total — food supply?
- South America ranks 11th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. 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 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.