Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply in South America
South America: Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply was 377.39 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar & Sweeteners — 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 377.39 kcal/cap/d for sugar & sweeteners — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar & sweeteners — food supply in South America peaked at 431.72 kcal/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 370.12 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
South America ranks 9th 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.
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 427.56 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 428.63 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 428.81 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 431.72 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 427.64 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2015 | 422.45 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 422.82 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 425.86 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 418.38 kcal/cap/d | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 404.87 kcal/cap/d | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 378.74 kcal/cap/d | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 371.23 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 370.12 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 377.39 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 423.87 kcal/cap/d | 404.87 kcal/cap/d | 431.72 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 374.37 kcal/cap/d | 370.12 kcal/cap/d | 378.74 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 6 Polynesia 277.85 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 New Zealand 498.83 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Hungary 492.68 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 276.86 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Republic of Korea 489.09 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 254.4 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Gambia 488.3 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Ireland 486.67 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Viet Nam 247.23 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Cuba 476.25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 138.5 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Denmark 474.11 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth -1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Production, annual growth rate 0.4796 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals, annual growth rate -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep — Stocks, annual growth rate -1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep fat, unrendered — Production, annual growth rate -2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep fat, unrendered — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -2.74 % change on previous year (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 9.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0204 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1817 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar & sweeteners — food supply in South America?
- Sugar & sweeteners — food supply in South America was 377.39 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 431.72 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest sugar & sweeteners — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 370.12 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does South America rank for sugar & sweeteners — food supply?
- South America ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sugar & sweeteners — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.6%. 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 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.