Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South America
South America: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 22 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South America, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
South America recorded 22 kcal/cap/d for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025.
That represents a change of down 12.0% on the previous year and up 69.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in South America peaked at 47 kcal/cap/d in 2018 and was at its lowest, 10 kcal/cap/d, in 2012.
That places South America 11th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 27 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 22 kcal/cap/d | -18.5% |
| 2002 | 15 kcal/cap/d | -31.8% |
| 2003 | 27 kcal/cap/d | +80.0% |
| 2004 | 28 kcal/cap/d | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 28 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 30 kcal/cap/d | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 34 kcal/cap/d | +13.3% |
| 2008 | 17 kcal/cap/d | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 25 kcal/cap/d | +47.1% |
| 2010 | 22 kcal/cap/d | -12.0% |
| 2011 | 17 kcal/cap/d | -22.7% |
| 2012 | 10 kcal/cap/d | -41.2% |
| 2013 | 11 kcal/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2014 | 12 kcal/cap/d | +9.1% |
| 2015 | 13 kcal/cap/d | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 20 kcal/cap/d | +53.8% |
| 2017 | 40 kcal/cap/d | +100.0% |
| 2018 | 47 kcal/cap/d | +17.5% |
| 2019 | 45 kcal/cap/d | -4.3% |
| 2020 | 24 kcal/cap/d | -46.7% |
| 2021 | 11 kcal/cap/d | -54.2% |
| 2022 | 23 kcal/cap/d | +109.1% |
| 2023 | 27 kcal/cap/d | +17.4% |
| 2024 | 25 kcal/cap/d | -7.4% |
| 2025 | 22 kcal/cap/d | -12.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.3 kcal/cap/d | 15 kcal/cap/d | 34 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 23.7 kcal/cap/d | 10 kcal/cap/d | 47 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 22 kcal/cap/d | 11 kcal/cap/d | 27 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 8 North Macedonia 70 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Afghanistan 69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Israel 69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Viet Nam 29 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 66 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Saudi Arabia 63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Malta 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Sao Tome and Principe 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Solomon Islands 62 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in South America?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in South America was 22 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 47 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 kcal/cap/d in 2012.
- How does South America rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- South America ranks 11th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 69.2%. 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 Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.