Vegetal Products — Food supply in South America
South America: Vegetal Products — Food supply was 2,399 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▬ Flat
Vegetal Products — 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 2,399 kcal/cap/d for vegetal products — food supply in 2023.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vegetal products — food supply in South America peaked at 2,414 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 2,333 kcal/cap/d, in 2016.
That places South America 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Vegetal Products — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,384 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 2,382 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,366 kcal/cap/d | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 2,368 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,391 kcal/cap/d | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 2,362 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2016 | 2,333 kcal/cap/d | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 2,342 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2,352 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 2,354 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,354 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,395 kcal/cap/d | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 2,414 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 2,399 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,363 kcal/cap/d | 2,333 kcal/cap/d | 2,391 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,390 kcal/cap/d | 2,354 kcal/cap/d | 2,414 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 14 Egypt 2,803 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Cuba 2,796 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Timor-Leste 2,018 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,982 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Italy 2,772 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Cameroon 2,758 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Melanesia 1,956 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Republic of Korea 2,738 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 1,950 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,863 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Cabo Verde 2,348 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Dominican Republic 2,730 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,837 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Kiribati 2,698 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Cereals, primary — Production, annual growth rate 1.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -1.82 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying, annual growth rate 6.35 % 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)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth -1.22 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vegetal products — food supply in South America?
- Vegetal products — food supply in South America was 2,399 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest vegetal products — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,414 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest vegetal products — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,333 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- How does South America rank for vegetal products — food supply?
- South America ranks 17th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is vegetal products — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Vegetal Products — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.