Vegetable Oils — Food in South America
South America: Vegetable Oils — Food was 8,435 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Vegetable Oils — Food in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
South America recorded 8,435 1000 t for vegetable oils — food in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.2% on the previous year and up 27.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetable oils — food in South America peaked at 8,659 1000 t in 2021 and was at its lowest, 6,084 1000 t, in 2010.
That places South America 7th out of 39 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 6,891 1000 t | 6,084 1000 t | 7,958 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,513 1000 t | 8,333 1000 t | 8,659 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Bananas — Production 20.74 million t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 132,585 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 62,811 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 8.33 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 401,333 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 75.21 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 747,608 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 1.00 million ha (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production 22.62 million t (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying 524,052 1000 An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetable oils — food in South America?
- Vegetable oils — food in South America was 8,435 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetable oils — food recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 8,659 1000 t in 2021.
- What is the lowest vegetable oils — food recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,084 1000 t in 2010.
- How does South America rank for vegetable oils — food?
- South America ranks 7th out of 39 groups with data for 2023.
- Is vegetable oils — food rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetable Oils — Food. 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.