Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity in South America
South America: Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity was 42.96 kg/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar & Sweeteners — Food supply quantity in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in South America is 42.96 kg/cap, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 10.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in South America peaked at 48.05 kg/cap in 2013 and was at its lowest, 41.47 kg/cap, in 2021.
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 quantity in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 46.97 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 46.87 kg/cap | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 47.13 kg/cap | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 48.05 kg/cap | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 46.76 kg/cap | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 46.22 kg/cap | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 46.29 kg/cap | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 48.02 kg/cap | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 47.14 kg/cap | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 44.73 kg/cap | -5.1% |
| 2020 | 42.01 kg/cap | -6.1% |
| 2021 | 41.47 kg/cap | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 42.19 kg/cap | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 42.96 kg/cap | +1.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 46.82 kg/cap | 44.73 kg/cap | 48.05 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 42.16 kg/cap | 41.47 kg/cap | 42.96 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 6 Ireland 98.78 kg/cap compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 35.26 kg/cap compare
- 7 Ecuador 97.37 kg/cap compare
- 8 Iceland 97.2 kg/cap compare
- 8 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 31.61 kg/cap compare
- 9 China, Macao SAR 90.37 kg/cap compare
- 9 Viet Nam 29.6 kg/cap compare
- 10 Mongolia 88.57 kg/cap compare
- 10 Türkiye 28.93 kg/cap compare
- 11 Naoero 85.38 kg/cap compare
- 12 Malta 83.59 kg/cap compare
- 12 Melanesia 18.31 kg/cap compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Cereals, primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate 7.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0.9589 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production, annual growth rate -6.6 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -5.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Citrus Fruit, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.52 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth -1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Production, annual growth rate 7.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 9.08 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in South America?
- Sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity in South America was 42.96 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 48.05 kg/cap in 2013.
- What is the lowest sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 41.47 kg/cap in 2021.
- How does South America rank for sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity?
- South America ranks 9th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sugar & sweeteners — food supply quantity rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.6%. 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 quantity (kg/capita/yr). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.