Plantains — Food supply in Suriname
Suriname: Plantains — Food supply was 13.09 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Plantains — Food supply in Suriname, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 13.09 kcal/cap/d for plantains — food supply in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of down 11.5% on the previous year and down 79.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food supply in Suriname peaked at 65.53 kcal/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 13.09 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Suriname 34th out of 140 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food supply in Suriname, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 34.99 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 36.54 kcal/cap/d | +4.4% |
| 2012 | 51.65 kcal/cap/d | +41.4% |
| 2013 | 62.89 kcal/cap/d | +21.8% |
| 2014 | 65.53 kcal/cap/d | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 53.7 kcal/cap/d | -18.1% |
| 2016 | 51.6 kcal/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2017 | 43.39 kcal/cap/d | -15.9% |
| 2018 | 40.08 kcal/cap/d | -7.6% |
| 2019 | 37.99 kcal/cap/d | -5.2% |
| 2020 | 47.67 kcal/cap/d | +25.5% |
| 2021 | 27.1 kcal/cap/d | -43.2% |
| 2022 | 14.79 kcal/cap/d | -45.4% |
| 2023 | 13.09 kcal/cap/d | -11.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 47.84 kcal/cap/d | 34.99 kcal/cap/d | 65.53 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.66 kcal/cap/d | 13.09 kcal/cap/d | 47.67 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 31 El Salvador 20.93 kcal/cap/d compare
- 32 Liberia 17.37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 33 Qatar 14.38 kcal/cap/d compare
- 35 Belize 12.31 kcal/cap/d compare
- 36 Saint Kitts and Nevis 12.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 37 Saudi Arabia 10.95 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains — food supply in Suriname?
- Plantains — food supply in Suriname was 13.09 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food supply recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 65.53 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest plantains — food supply recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.09 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Suriname rank for plantains — food supply?
- Suriname ranks 34th out of 140 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food supply rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 79.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Suriname data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.