Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply in Americas
Americas: Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply was 449.26 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply in Americas, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sugar & sweeteners — food supply in Americas stood at 449.26 kcal/cap/d. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar & sweeteners — food supply in Americas peaked at 498.04 kcal/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 449.26 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Americas 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply in Americas, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 489.88 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 494.19 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 497.73 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 498.04 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 494.47 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2015 | 493.13 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 492.75 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 492.15 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 481.39 kcal/cap/d | -2.2% |
| 2019 | 472.72 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 456.75 kcal/cap/d | -3.4% |
| 2021 | 456.57 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 452.26 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 449.26 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 490.64 kcal/cap/d | 472.72 kcal/cap/d | 498.04 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 453.71 kcal/cap/d | 449.26 kcal/cap/d | 456.75 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near Americas
- 1 Republic of Moldova 366.16 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Guatemala 593.75 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Belgium 564.25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 345.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Micronesia 335.93 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Poland 554.59 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Tuvalu 528.05 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Türkiye 288.78 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 281.63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Colombia 519.71 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Polynesia 277.85 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 New Zealand 498.83 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Americas
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 0.2691 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -1.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -2.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.6804 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.5324 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -0.4575 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -0.8919 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 15.36 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar & sweeteners — food supply in Americas?
- Sugar & sweeteners — food supply in Americas was 449.26 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar & sweeteners — food supply recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 498.04 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest sugar & sweeteners — food supply recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 449.26 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Americas rank for sugar & sweeteners — food supply?
- Americas ranks 3rd out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sugar & sweeteners — food supply rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sugar & Sweeteners — 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.