Meat — Food in South America
South America: Meat — Food was 38,044 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Meat — Food in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for meat — food in South America is 38,044 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.8% on the previous year and up 15.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, meat — food in South America peaked at 38,044 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 30,000 1000 t, in 2010.
That places South America 4th out of 39 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 33,560 1000 t | 30,000 1000 t | 36,039 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,872 1000 t | 35,952 1000 t | 38,044 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 75.21 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 69.74 million t (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight 2,181 g/An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is meat — food in South America?
- Meat — food in South America was 38,044 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest meat — food recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 38,044 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest meat — food recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,000 1000 t in 2010.
- How does South America rank for meat — food?
- South America ranks 4th out of 39 groups with data for 2023.
- Is meat — food rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.2%. 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 Meat — Food. 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.