Potatoes and products — Food supply in Americas
Americas: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 69.04 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Americas, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, potatoes and products — food supply in Americas stood at 69.04 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.0% on the previous year and up 3.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in Americas peaked at 69.04 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 63.14 kcal/cap/d, in 2015.
Americas ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in Americas, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 65.01 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 65.4 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 68.53 kcal/cap/d | +4.8% |
| 2013 | 66.62 kcal/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 64.53 kcal/cap/d | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 63.14 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2016 | 64.63 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
| 2017 | 67.51 kcal/cap/d | +4.5% |
| 2018 | 66.74 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 66.91 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 66 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 66.95 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 65.15 kcal/cap/d | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 69.04 kcal/cap/d | +6.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 65.9 kcal/cap/d | 63.14 kcal/cap/d | 68.53 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.78 kcal/cap/d | 65.15 kcal/cap/d | 69.04 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 9 Belgium 162.55 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 28.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Russian Federation 148.39 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Azerbaijan 146.99 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Canada 143.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 10.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Viet Nam 8.49 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Ireland 139.74 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 133.89 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Melanesia 6.83 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 North Macedonia 128.58 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.4575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -3.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.6804 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.5324 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.28 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply in Americas?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in Americas was 69.04 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 69.04 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.14 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- How does Americas rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- Americas ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Potatoes and products — 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.