Meat — Food supply quantity in South America
South America: Meat — Food supply quantity was 87.92 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food supply quantity in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
South America recorded 87.92 kg/cap for meat — food supply quantity in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food supply quantity in South America peaked at 87.92 kg/cap in 2023 and was at its lowest, 76.83 kg/cap, in 2010.
South America ranks 5th of 29 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Meat — Food supply quantity in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 76.83 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 79.49 kg/cap | +3.5% |
| 2012 | 79.91 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 82.18 kg/cap | +2.8% |
| 2014 | 83.55 kg/cap | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 84.09 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 82.6 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 2017 | 84.08 kg/cap | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 85.52 kg/cap | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 85.15 kg/cap | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 84.41 kg/cap | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 85.23 kg/cap | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 86.03 kg/cap | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 87.92 kg/cap | +2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 82.34 kg/cap | 76.83 kg/cap | 85.52 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 85.9 kg/cap | 84.41 kg/cap | 87.92 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 2 Mongolia 136.14 kg/cap compare
- 3 Marshall Islands 125.68 kg/cap compare
- 4 China, Macao SAR 121.23 kg/cap compare
- 5 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 118.47 kg/cap compare
- 5 Viet Nam 60.48 kg/cap compare
- 6 Australia 116.78 kg/cap compare
- 7 Argentina 114.95 kg/cap compare
- 8 Bahamas 114.91 kg/cap compare
- 8 Türkiye 49.37 kg/cap compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.4003 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.6874 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat — food supply quantity in South America?
- Meat — food supply quantity in South America was 87.92 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food supply quantity recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 87.92 kg/cap in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — food supply quantity recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 76.83 kg/cap in 2010.
- How does South America rank for meat — food supply quantity?
- South America ranks 5th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food supply quantity rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.0%. 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 Meat — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.