Starchy Roots — Food supply in South America
South America: Starchy Roots — Food supply was 148.99 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Starchy Roots — 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 148.99 kcal/cap/d for starchy roots — food supply in 2023.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 7.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starchy roots — food supply in South America peaked at 164.41 kcal/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 147.81 kcal/cap/d, in 2018.
That places South America 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Starchy Roots — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 162.67 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 163.08 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 157.42 kcal/cap/d | -3.5% |
| 2013 | 161.39 kcal/cap/d | +2.5% |
| 2014 | 164.41 kcal/cap/d | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 159.73 kcal/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 157.18 kcal/cap/d | -1.6% |
| 2017 | 150.32 kcal/cap/d | -4.4% |
| 2018 | 147.81 kcal/cap/d | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 148.27 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 151.25 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 149.83 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 151.29 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 148.99 kcal/cap/d | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 157.23 kcal/cap/d | 147.81 kcal/cap/d | 164.41 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 150.34 kcal/cap/d | 148.99 kcal/cap/d | 151.29 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 9 Cameroon 555.68 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Zambia 530.87 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Paraguay 500.13 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Sierra Leone 483.8 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Fiji 444.6 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Papua New Guinea 424.14 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Türkiye 90.12 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Malawi 422.08 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 2.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.4003 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.6874 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is starchy roots — food supply in South America?
- Starchy roots — food supply in South America was 148.99 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 164.41 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest starchy roots — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 147.81 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- How does South America rank for starchy roots — food supply?
- South America ranks 12th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is starchy roots — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.7%. 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 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.