Plantains — Food supply in Central America
Central America: Plantains — Food supply was 737,492 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Plantains — Food supply in Central America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
In 2023, plantains — food supply in Central America stood at 737,492 million Kcal. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 66.1% on the previous year and up 127.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — food supply in Central America peaked at 737,492 million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 267,958 million Kcal, in 2010.
Central America ranks 13th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Plantains — Food supply in Central America, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 267,958 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 270,847 million Kcal | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 277,506 million Kcal | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 324,204 million Kcal | +16.8% |
| 2014 | 359,968 million Kcal | +11.0% |
| 2015 | 389,772 million Kcal | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 430,893 million Kcal | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 447,519 million Kcal | +3.9% |
| 2018 | 480,769 million Kcal | +7.4% |
| 2019 | 402,354 million Kcal | -16.3% |
| 2020 | 397,092 million Kcal | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 437,819 million Kcal | +10.3% |
| 2022 | 444,113 million Kcal | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 737,492 million Kcal | +66.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 365,179 million Kcal | 267,958 million Kcal | 480,769 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 504,129 million Kcal | 397,092 million Kcal | 737,492 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 10 Sri Lanka 519,190 million Kcal compare
- 11 Guinea 488,835 million Kcal compare
- 12 Ecuador 426,328 million Kcal compare
- 13 Guatemala 299,324 million Kcal compare
- 14 Malawi 280,179 million Kcal compare
- 15 Gabon 202,007 million Kcal compare
- 15 Türkiye 0 million Kcal compare
- 16 Nicaragua 137,728 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 4.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.5695 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 2.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 4.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2408 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -5.95 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains — food supply in Central America?
- Plantains — food supply in Central America was 737,492 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — food supply recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 737,492 million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest plantains — food supply recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 267,958 million Kcal in 2010.
- How does Central America rank for plantains — food supply?
- Central America ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — food supply rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 127.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains — Food supply (kcal). 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.