Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in South America
South America: Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply was 320.54 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in South America is 320.54 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and down 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in South America peaked at 366.66 kcal/cap/d in 2013 and was at its lowest, 313.09 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
That places South America 10th 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.
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 364.14 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 366.05 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 366.13 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 366.66 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 365.02 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 361.74 kcal/cap/d | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 361.84 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 361.03 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 351.92 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2019 | 347.02 kcal/cap/d | -1.4% |
| 2020 | 323.72 kcal/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 319.47 kcal/cap/d | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 313.09 kcal/cap/d | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 320.54 kcal/cap/d | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 361.16 kcal/cap/d | 347.02 kcal/cap/d | 366.66 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 319.21 kcal/cap/d | 313.09 kcal/cap/d | 323.72 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 7 New Zealand 436 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Micronesia (Federated States of) 217.92 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Kiribati 432.05 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Bahrain 431.8 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Viet Nam 210.69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 201.75 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Costa Rica 430.72 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Chile 414.08 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Lao People's Democratic Republic 119 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Australia and New Zealand 410.42 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Malaysia 408.5 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Melanesia 105.39 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Production, annual growth rate 9.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 4.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.4003 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.09 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in South America?
- Sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply in South America was 320.54 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 366.66 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- What is the lowest sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 313.09 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does South America rank for sugar (raw equivalent) — food supply?
- South America ranks 10th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is sugar (raw equivalent) — 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 (Raw Equivalent) — 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.