Maize and products — Food supply in South America
South America: Maize and products — Food supply was 249.71 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize and products — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, maize and products — food supply in South America stood at 249.71 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — food supply in South America peaked at 252.85 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 222.6 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
South 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.
Maize and products — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 222.6 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 223.68 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 225.43 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 228.59 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 232.4 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 232.21 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 231.68 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 232.16 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 240.66 kcal/cap/d | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 238.17 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 237.85 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 252.85 kcal/cap/d | +6.3% |
| 2022 | 250.3 kcal/cap/d | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 249.71 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 230.76 kcal/cap/d | 222.6 kcal/cap/d | 240.66 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 247.68 kcal/cap/d | 237.85 kcal/cap/d | 252.85 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 9 Viet Nam 132.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Honduras 726.8 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Türkiye 126.76 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Uganda 649.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Botswana 620.53 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Republic of Moldova 112.25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 South Africa 613.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Côte d'Ivoire 161.51 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Nicaragua 584.72 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Syrian Arab Republic 54.72 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Egypt 569.71 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Namibia 537.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Lao People's Democratic Republic 41.86 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Eggs Primary — Laying, annual growth rate 6.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate 7.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.9589 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Cereals, primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize and products — food supply in South America?
- Maize and products — food supply in South America was 249.71 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 252.85 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest maize and products — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 222.6 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does South America rank for maize and products — food supply?
- South America ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.2%. 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 Maize and products — 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.