Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in South America
South America: Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity was 33.75 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Potatoes and products — Food supply quantity in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
South America recorded 33.75 kg/cap for potatoes and products — food supply quantity in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.3% on the previous year and up 4.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, potatoes and products — food supply quantity in South America peaked at 35.96 kg/cap in 2020 and was at its lowest, 30.66 kg/cap, in 2010.
South America ranks 14th 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 quantity in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30.66 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 31.51 kg/cap | +2.8% |
| 2012 | 31.64 kg/cap | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 32.18 kg/cap | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 31.24 kg/cap | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 30.86 kg/cap | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 30.94 kg/cap | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 34.69 kg/cap | +12.1% |
| 2018 | 33.98 kg/cap | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 35.4 kg/cap | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 35.96 kg/cap | +1.6% |
| 2021 | 35.4 kg/cap | -1.6% |
| 2022 | 34.9 kg/cap | -1.4% |
| 2023 | 33.75 kg/cap | -3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 32.31 kg/cap | 30.66 kg/cap | 35.4 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 35 kg/cap | 33.75 kg/cap | 35.96 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 11 Russian Federation 84.24 kg/cap compare
- 12 Azerbaijan 83.52 kg/cap compare
- 12 United Republic of Tanzania 5.96 kg/cap compare
- 13 Viet Nam 4.78 kg/cap compare
- 13 Canada 80.55 kg/cap compare
- 14 North Macedonia 77.2 kg/cap compare
- 14 Melanesia 4.38 kg/cap compare
- 15 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 75.96 kg/cap compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 2.98 kg/cap compare
- 16 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 72.1 kg/cap compare
- 17 Micronesia 1.93 kg/cap compare
- 17 Germany 71.67 kg/cap compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is potatoes and products — food supply quantity in South America?
- Potatoes and products — food supply quantity in South America was 33.75 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 35.96 kg/cap in 2020.
- What is the lowest potatoes and products — food supply quantity recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.66 kg/cap in 2010.
- How does South America rank for potatoes and products — food supply quantity?
- South America ranks 14th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is potatoes and products — food supply quantity rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.9%. 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.