Meat — Fat supply quantity in South America

South America: Meat — Fat supply quantity was 27.01 g/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
27.01 g/cap/d
Change on year
up 2.9%
Rank
4th
of 29 groups
All-time high
27.01 g/cap/d
in 2023
All-time low
22.3 g/cap/d
in 2010
Years of data
14
2010–2023

Meat — Fat supply quantity in South America, 2010–2023

01020302010201620232010: 22.3 g/cap/d2011: 23.6 g/cap/d2012: 23.8 g/cap/d2013: 24.4 g/cap/d2014: 24.9 g/cap/d2015: 25.1 g/cap/d2016: 24.8 g/cap/d2017: 25.3 g/cap/d2018: 25.8 g/cap/d2019: 25.7 g/cap/d2020: 25.7 g/cap/d2021: 25.5 g/cap/d2022: 26.2 g/cap/d2023: 27 g/cap/d

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in g/cap/d.

Analysis

In 2023, meat — fat supply quantity in South America stood at 27.01 g/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 10.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, meat — fat supply quantity in South America peaked at 27.01 g/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 22.3 g/cap/d, in 2010.

That places South America 4th 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.

Meat — Fat supply quantity in South America, year by year

Annual values for Meat — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day) in South America, 2010 to 2023.
Year g/cap/d Change
2010 22.3 g/cap/d
2011 23.58 g/cap/d +5.7%
2012 23.77 g/cap/d +0.8%
2013 24.35 g/cap/d +2.4%
2014 24.89 g/cap/d +2.2%
2015 25.12 g/cap/d +0.9%
2016 24.75 g/cap/d -1.5%
2017 25.31 g/cap/d +2.3%
2018 25.77 g/cap/d +1.8%
2019 25.68 g/cap/d -0.3%
2020 25.66 g/cap/d -0.1%
2021 25.51 g/cap/d -0.6%
2022 26.24 g/cap/d +2.9%
2023 27.01 g/cap/d +2.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 24.55 g/cap/d 22.3 g/cap/d 25.77 g/cap/d 10
2020s 26.11 g/cap/d 25.51 g/cap/d 27.01 g/cap/d 4

Countries ranked near South America

  1. 1 Tonga 53.35 g/cap/d compare
  2. 2 Mongolia 43.19 g/cap/d compare
  3. 3 Argentina 41.6 g/cap/d compare
  4. 4 Montenegro 37.67 g/cap/d compare
  5. 5 China, Macao SAR 37.57 g/cap/d compare
  6. 6 Bahamas 36.15 g/cap/d compare
  7. 6 Türkiye 16.62 g/cap/d compare
  8. 7 Denmark 35.66 g/cap/d compare

See the full ranking of 213 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is meat — fat supply quantity in South America?
Meat — fat supply quantity in South America was 27.01 g/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest meat — fat supply quantity recorded in South America?
The highest recorded value was 27.01 g/cap/d in 2023.
What is the lowest meat — fat supply quantity recorded in South America?
The lowest recorded value was 22.3 g/cap/d in 2010.
How does South America rank for meat — fat supply quantity?
South America ranks 4th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
Is meat — fat supply quantity rising or falling in South America?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.9%. 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 Meat — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Meat — Fat supply quantity (g/capita/day)
Unit
g/cap/d
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
213 places, 2,901 data points, 2010–2023
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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.