Potatoes and products — Food supply in South America
South America: Potatoes and products — Food supply was 63.29 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for potatoes and products — food supply in South America is 63.29 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.5% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply in South America peaked at 66.78 kcal/cap/d in 2020 and was at its lowest, 57.35 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
South 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.
Potatoes and products — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 57.35 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 58.85 kcal/cap/d | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 59.49 kcal/cap/d | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 60.42 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 58.83 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 58.1 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 58.11 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 64.82 kcal/cap/d | +11.5% |
| 2018 | 63.66 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 66.11 kcal/cap/d | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 66.78 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 65.77 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 64.9 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2023 | 63.29 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 60.57 kcal/cap/d | 57.35 kcal/cap/d | 66.11 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 65.19 kcal/cap/d | 63.29 kcal/cap/d | 66.78 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 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
- 16 Timor-Leste 5.3 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Germany 127.61 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
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- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production, annual growth rate -6.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -5.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0204 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1817 % change on previous year (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 9.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Production, annual growth rate 0.4796 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply in South America?
- Potatoes and products — food supply in South America was 63.29 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 66.78 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 57.35 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does South America rank for potatoes and products — food supply?
- South America ranks 13th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. 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 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.