Lemons, Limes and products — Food supply in South America
South America: Lemons, Limes and products — Food supply was 788,497 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Lemons, Limes and products — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
The most recent figure for lemons, limes and products — food supply in South America is 788,497 million Kcal, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
The figure is up 2.5% on the previous year and up 48.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, lemons, limes and products — food supply in South America peaked at 788,497 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 446,135 million Kcal, in 2010.
That places South America 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Lemons, Limes and products — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 446,135 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 530,184 million Kcal | +18.8% |
| 2012 | 517,186 million Kcal | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 529,629 million Kcal | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 482,052 million Kcal | -9.0% |
| 2015 | 558,152 million Kcal | +15.8% |
| 2016 | 550,733 million Kcal | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 581,008 million Kcal | +5.5% |
| 2018 | 675,418 million Kcal | +16.2% |
| 2019 | 700,369 million Kcal | +3.7% |
| 2020 | 543,110 million Kcal | -22.5% |
| 2021 | 787,724 million Kcal | +45.0% |
| 2022 | 769,241 million Kcal | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 788,497 million Kcal | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 557,087 million Kcal | 446,135 million Kcal | 700,369 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 722,143 million Kcal | 543,110 million Kcal | 788,497 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 3 China 643,867 million Kcal compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 135,981 million Kcal compare
- 4 China, mainland 630,920 million Kcal compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 45,264 million Kcal compare
- 5 Brazil 308,436 million Kcal compare
- 6 Argentina 172,696 million Kcal compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 24,984 million Kcal compare
- 7 Italy 143,580 million Kcal compare
- 8 Colombia 130,621 million Kcal compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5,169 million Kcal compare
- 9 Spain 120,547 million Kcal compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is lemons, limes and products — food supply in South America?
- Lemons, limes and products — food supply in South America was 788,497 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest lemons, limes and products — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 788,497 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest lemons, limes and products — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 446,135 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does South America rank for lemons, limes and products — food supply?
- South America ranks 6th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is lemons, limes and products — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.9%. 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 Lemons, Limes and products — 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.