Wheat and products — Food in South America
South America: Wheat and products — Food was 27,062 1000 t in 2023. ▲ Rising
Wheat and products — Food in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
In 2023, wheat and products — food in South America stood at 27,062 1000 t. 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 14.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, wheat and products — food in South America peaked at 27,062 1000 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 23,050 1000 t, 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 in South America, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 24,420 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 23,216 1000 t | -4.9% |
| 2012 | 23,111 1000 t | -0.5% |
| 2013 | 23,620 1000 t | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 23,850 1000 t | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 23,050 1000 t | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 24,147 1000 t | +4.8% |
| 2017 | 24,073 1000 t | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 24,256 1000 t | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 25,584 1000 t | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 25,525 1000 t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 25,853 1000 t | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 26,652 1000 t | +3.1% |
| 2023 | 27,062 1000 t | +1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 23,933 1000 t | 23,050 1000 t | 25,584 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 26,273 1000 t | 25,525 1000 t | 27,062 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 13 France 6,866 1000 t compare
- 14 Morocco 6,798 1000 t compare
- 15 Afghanistan 6,770 1000 t compare
- 16 Germany 6,360 1000 t compare
- 17 Argentina 5,775 1000 t compare
- 18 Philippines 5,447 1000 t compare
- 19 Uzbekistan 5,428 1000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -0.4003 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is wheat and products — food in South America?
- Wheat and products — food in South America was 27,062 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest wheat and products — food recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 27,062 1000 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest wheat and products — food recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 23,050 1000 t in 2015.
- How does South America rank for wheat and products — food?
- South America ranks 16th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is wheat and products — food rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. 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 Wheat and products — 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.