Infant food — Food supply in South America
South America: Infant food — Food supply was 296,270 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Infant food — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
South America recorded 296,270 million Kcal for infant food — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 22.1% on the previous year and up 68.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, infant food — food supply in South America peaked at 380,419 million Kcal in 2022 and was at its lowest, 98,343 million Kcal, in 2019.
That places South America 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Infant food — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 109,008 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 140,034 million Kcal | +28.5% |
| 2012 | 198,172 million Kcal | +41.5% |
| 2013 | 175,772 million Kcal | -11.3% |
| 2014 | 172,005 million Kcal | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 158,477 million Kcal | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 119,869 million Kcal | -24.4% |
| 2017 | 100,566 million Kcal | -16.1% |
| 2018 | 104,782 million Kcal | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 98,343 million Kcal | -6.1% |
| 2020 | 125,259 million Kcal | +27.4% |
| 2021 | 267,328 million Kcal | +113.4% |
| 2022 | 380,419 million Kcal | +42.3% |
| 2023 | 296,270 million Kcal | -22.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 137,703 million Kcal | 98,343 million Kcal | 198,172 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 267,319 million Kcal | 125,259 million Kcal | 380,419 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 84,227 million Kcal compare
- 7 Iraq 76,750 million Kcal compare
- 7 Viet Nam 45,600 million Kcal compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11,014 million Kcal compare
- 8 Canada 75,918 million Kcal compare
- 9 Algeria 74,217 million Kcal compare
- 9 Syrian Arab Republic 7,700 million Kcal compare
- 10 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7,275 million Kcal compare
- 10 Dominican Republic 48,064 million Kcal compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6,336 million Kcal compare
- 11 Russian Federation 41,401 million Kcal compare
- 12 Greece 39,562 million Kcal compare
- 12 Melanesia 3,311 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -4.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 7.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is infant food — food supply in South America?
- Infant food — food supply in South America was 296,270 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest infant food — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 380,419 million Kcal in 2022.
- What is the lowest infant food — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 98,343 million Kcal in 2019.
- How does South America rank for infant food — food supply?
- South America ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is infant food — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 68.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Infant food — Food supply (kcal). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.