Wheat and products — Food supply in South America
South America: Wheat and products — Food supply was 68.18 million million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
South America recorded 68.18 million million Kcal for wheat and products — food supply in 2023. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.5% on the previous year and up 11.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food supply in South America peaked at 68.18 million million Kcal in 2023 and was at its lowest, 59.58 million million Kcal, in 2015.
South America ranks 16th of 29 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Wheat and products — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 64.06 million million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 60.78 million million Kcal | -5.1% |
| 2012 | 60.20 million million Kcal | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 61.28 million million Kcal | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 61.57 million million Kcal | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 59.58 million million Kcal | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 62.34 million million Kcal | +4.6% |
| 2017 | 62.21 million million Kcal | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 62.65 million million Kcal | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 64.16 million million Kcal | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 64.05 million million Kcal | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 65.02 million million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 67.16 million million Kcal | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 68.18 million million Kcal | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 61.88 million million Kcal | 59.58 million million Kcal | 64.16 million million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 66.10 million million Kcal | 64.05 million million Kcal | 68.18 million million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 13 Afghanistan 20.73 million million Kcal compare
- 14 Morocco 18.74 million million Kcal compare
- 15 France 17.88 million million Kcal compare
- 16 Germany 17.03 million million Kcal compare
- 17 Iraq 15.49 million million Kcal compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 97,931 million Kcal compare
- 18 Argentina 15.11 million million Kcal compare
- 19 Uzbekistan 14.67 million million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Pulses, Total — Production, annual growth rate 0.9882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Yield, annual growth rate -4.84 % change on previous year (2024)
- Pulses, Total — Area harvested, annual growth rate 6.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Poultry Birds — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.8 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -2.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat and products — food supply in South America?
- Wheat and products — food supply in South America was 68.18 million million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 68.18 million million Kcal in 2023.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 59.58 million million Kcal in 2015.
- How does South America rank for wheat and products — food supply?
- South America ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.3%. 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 Wheat and products — Food supply (kcal). 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.