Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Central America
Central America: Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity was 16.7 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Central America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Central America stood at 16.7 kg/cap.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and up 21.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Central America peaked at 17.03 kg/cap in 2021 and was at its lowest, 13.32 kg/cap, in 2010.
That places Central America 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13.32 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 13.51 kg/cap | +1.4% |
| 2012 | 13.67 kg/cap | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 13.7 kg/cap | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 13.77 kg/cap | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 13.94 kg/cap | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 14.05 kg/cap | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 14.11 kg/cap | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 14.38 kg/cap | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 15.87 kg/cap | +10.4% |
| 2020 | 16.39 kg/cap | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 17.03 kg/cap | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 16.93 kg/cap | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 16.7 kg/cap | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 14.03 kg/cap | 13.32 kg/cap | 15.87 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 16.76 kg/cap | 16.39 kg/cap | 17.03 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 20 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.03 kg/cap compare
- 20 Cabo Verde 26.06 kg/cap compare
- 20 Australia 66.97 kg/cap compare
- 21 Portugal 65.48 kg/cap compare
- 22 Armenia 65.02 kg/cap compare
- 23 Turkmenistan 64.17 kg/cap compare
- 24 Australia and New Zealand 63.7 kg/cap compare
- 25 Sweden 61.66 kg/cap compare
- 26 Latvia 60.13 kg/cap compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -5.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2408 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3756 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0452 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.81 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Central America?
- Potatoes and products — food supply quantity in Central America was 16.7 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest potatoes and products — food supply quantity recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 17.03 kg/cap in 2021.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply quantity recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.32 kg/cap in 2010.
- How does Central America rank for potatoes and products — food supply quantity?
- Central America ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.9%. 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 Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.