Sugar cane — Food supply in South America
South America: Sugar cane — Food supply was 7.3 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar cane — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2023, sugar cane — food supply in South America stood at 7.3 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is up 7.2% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar cane — food supply in South America peaked at 8.12 kcal/cap/d in 2015 and was at its lowest, 6.67 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
That places South America 4th out of 25 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Sugar cane — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7.3 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 7.43 kcal/cap/d | +1.8% |
| 2012 | 7.24 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 7.61 kcal/cap/d | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 7.73 kcal/cap/d | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 8.12 kcal/cap/d | +5.0% |
| 2016 | 7.35 kcal/cap/d | -9.5% |
| 2017 | 7.31 kcal/cap/d | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 7.92 kcal/cap/d | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 7.83 kcal/cap/d | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 7.04 kcal/cap/d | -10.1% |
| 2021 | 6.67 kcal/cap/d | -5.3% |
| 2022 | 6.81 kcal/cap/d | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 7.3 kcal/cap/d | +7.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 7.58 kcal/cap/d | 7.24 kcal/cap/d | 8.12 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.96 kcal/cap/d | 6.67 kcal/cap/d | 7.3 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 33.01 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Madagascar 59.4 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Thailand 53.56 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Mauritius 51.05 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 5.7 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5.37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Nepal 33.27 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Egypt 32.04 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 United Republic of Tanzania 4.96 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Polynesia 4.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Kenya 20.89 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 India 16.7 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Milk, Total — Milk Animals, annual growth rate -1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 2.2 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.6874 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar cane — food supply in South America?
- Sugar cane — food supply in South America was 7.3 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar cane — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 8.12 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- What is the lowest sugar cane — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.67 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does South America rank for sugar cane — food supply?
- South America ranks 4th out of 25 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sugar cane — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. 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 cane — 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.