Sesame seed — Food supply in South America
South America: Sesame seed — Food supply was 3.99 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
South America recorded 3.99 kcal/cap/d for sesame seed — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 338.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — food supply in South America peaked at 3.99 kcal/cap/d in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.49 kcal/cap/d, in 2020.
South America ranks 12th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 0.89 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 0.91 kcal/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 1.05 kcal/cap/d | +15.4% |
| 2013 | 0.91 kcal/cap/d | -13.3% |
| 2014 | 0.83 kcal/cap/d | -8.8% |
| 2015 | 0.88 kcal/cap/d | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 0.76 kcal/cap/d | -13.6% |
| 2017 | 0.95 kcal/cap/d | +25.0% |
| 2018 | 1 kcal/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 2.46 kcal/cap/d | +146.0% |
| 2020 | 0.49 kcal/cap/d | -80.1% |
| 2021 | 1.46 kcal/cap/d | +198.0% |
| 2022 | 3.74 kcal/cap/d | +156.2% |
| 2023 | 3.99 kcal/cap/d | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 1.06 kcal/cap/d | 0.76 kcal/cap/d | 2.46 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.42 kcal/cap/d | 0.49 kcal/cap/d | 3.99 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 9 Republic of Moldova 1.23 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Cameroon 17.97 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Uganda 16.39 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Tunisia 16.26 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Polynesia 0.13 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Cyprus 15.77 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Paraguay 15.51 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Melanesia 0.05 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Timor-Leste 0.02 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Oman 13.96 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Micronesia 0.01 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Senegal 13.39 kcal/cap/d compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — food supply in South America?
- Sesame seed — food supply in South America was 3.99 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 3.99 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.49 kcal/cap/d in 2020.
- How does South America rank for sesame seed — food supply?
- South America ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sesame seed — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 338.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — 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.