Grand Total — Food supply in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Grand Total — Food supply was 2,649 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Grand Total — Food supply in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 2,649 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 8.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, grand total — food supply in Southern Asia peaked at 2,649 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 2,378 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Southern Asia 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Grand Total — Food supply in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,378 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,401 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,433 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 2,458 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 2,452 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,489 kcal/cap/d | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 2,530 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 2,527 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,546 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 2,564 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,577 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,593 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 2,649 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,462 kcal/cap/d | 2,378 kcal/cap/d | 2,546 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,596 kcal/cap/d | 2,564 kcal/cap/d | 2,649 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
- 19 China, mainland 3,527 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,015 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Cabo Verde 2,794 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,981 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Luxembourg 3,522 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 China 3,514 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Australia and New Zealand 3,490 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 France 3,490 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Norway 3,476 kcal/cap/d compare
- 25 North Macedonia 3,476 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Asia
- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate 3.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 3.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8614 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Production, annual growth rate 4.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -2.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production, annual growth rate -0.6513 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.4607 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.4633 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is grand total — food supply in Southern Asia?
- Grand total — food supply in Southern Asia was 2,649 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,649 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest grand total — food supply recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,378 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Southern Asia rank for grand total — food supply?
- Southern Asia ranks 22nd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is grand total — food supply rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.