Maize and products — Losses in South America
South America: Maize and products — Losses was 14,499 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Maize and products — Losses in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, maize and products — losses in South America stood at 14,499 1000 t. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 14.2% on the previous year and up 58.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, maize and products — losses in South America peaked at 14,499 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 6,409 1000 t, in 2010.
That places South America 5th 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.
Maize and products — Losses in South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,409 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 6,475 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 8,040 1000 t | +24.2% |
| 2013 | 9,175 1000 t | +14.1% |
| 2014 | 9,117 1000 t | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 9,704 1000 t | +6.4% |
| 2016 | 7,858 1000 t | -19.0% |
| 2017 | 11,236 1000 t | +43.0% |
| 2018 | 9,563 1000 t | -14.9% |
| 2019 | 11,732 1000 t | +22.7% |
| 2020 | 12,007 1000 t | +2.3% |
| 2021 | 10,579 1000 t | -11.9% |
| 2022 | 12,693 1000 t | +20.0% |
| 2023 | 14,499 1000 t | +14.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 8,931 1000 t | 6,409 1000 t | 11,732 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,444 1000 t | 10,579 1000 t | 14,499 1000 t | 4 |
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- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 4.58 million t (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield 13,552 kg/ha (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested 330,901 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is maize and products — losses in South America?
- Maize and products — losses in South America was 14,499 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest maize and products — losses recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 14,499 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest maize and products — losses recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,409 1000 t in 2010.
- How does South America rank for maize and products — losses?
- South America ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is maize and products — losses rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.0%. 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 — Losses. 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.