Rice and products — Food supply in South America
South America: Rice and products — Food supply was 263.62 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Rice and products — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, rice and products — food supply in South America stood at 263.62 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is up 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, rice and products — food supply in South America peaked at 285.99 kcal/cap/d in 2017 and was at its lowest, 251.91 kcal/cap/d, in 2019.
South America ranks 10th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Rice and products — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 277.49 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 274.34 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2012 | 266.74 kcal/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 268.15 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 277.33 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2015 | 277.25 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 259.69 kcal/cap/d | -6.3% |
| 2017 | 285.99 kcal/cap/d | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 277.66 kcal/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2019 | 251.91 kcal/cap/d | -9.3% |
| 2020 | 266.07 kcal/cap/d | +5.6% |
| 2021 | 255.65 kcal/cap/d | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 260.58 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2023 | 263.62 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 271.66 kcal/cap/d | 251.91 kcal/cap/d | 285.99 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 261.48 kcal/cap/d | 255.65 kcal/cap/d | 266.07 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 7 Thailand 1,157 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia 434.88 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Madagascar 1,145 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 360.43 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Sierra Leone 1,138 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Guinea-Bissau 1,134 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Melanesia 322.55 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Indonesia 1,130 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 United Republic of Tanzania 298.82 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Liberia 1,072 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Polynesia 289.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Guinea 966.07 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 271.6 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Cereals, primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying, annual growth rate 6.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate 7.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.9589 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth -1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is rice and products — food supply in South America?
- Rice and products — food supply in South America was 263.62 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest rice and products — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 285.99 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- What is the lowest rice and products — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 251.91 kcal/cap/d in 2019.
- How does South America rank for rice and products — food supply?
- South America ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is rice and products — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Rice 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.