Starchy Roots — Food supply in Central America
Central America: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 36.7 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Central America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, starchy roots — food supply in Central America stood at 36.7 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.4% on the previous year and up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in Central America peaked at 38.93 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 30.87 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places Central America 29th 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.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in Central America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 30.87 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 31.43 kcal/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 33.4 kcal/cap/d | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 33.16 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 32.47 kcal/cap/d | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 32.87 kcal/cap/d | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 32.63 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 33.15 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 33.34 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 35.21 kcal/cap/d | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 37.55 kcal/cap/d | +6.6% |
| 2021 | 38.93 kcal/cap/d | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 37.21 kcal/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2023 | 36.7 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 32.85 kcal/cap/d | 30.87 kcal/cap/d | 35.21 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 37.6 kcal/cap/d | 36.7 kcal/cap/d | 38.93 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food supply in Central America?
- Starchy roots — food supply in Central America was 36.7 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 38.93 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.87 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does Central America rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- Central America ranks 29th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. 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 Starchy Roots — 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.