Yams — Food supply in South America
South America: Yams — Food supply was 476,398 million Kcal in 2023. ▲ Rising
Yams — Food supply in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million Kcal.
Analysis
South America recorded 476,398 million Kcal for yams — food supply in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% on the previous year and up 19.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — food supply in South America peaked at 508,969 million Kcal in 2020 and was at its lowest, 367,945 million Kcal, in 2015.
That places South America 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Yams — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | million Kcal | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 446,203 million Kcal | — |
| 2011 | 456,761 million Kcal | +2.4% |
| 2012 | 398,616 million Kcal | -12.7% |
| 2013 | 398,734 million Kcal | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 373,006 million Kcal | -6.5% |
| 2015 | 367,945 million Kcal | -1.4% |
| 2016 | 373,479 million Kcal | +1.5% |
| 2017 | 395,765 million Kcal | +6.0% |
| 2018 | 398,208 million Kcal | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 490,622 million Kcal | +23.2% |
| 2020 | 508,969 million Kcal | +3.7% |
| 2021 | 497,951 million Kcal | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 496,144 million Kcal | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 476,398 million Kcal | -4.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 409,934 million Kcal | 367,945 million Kcal | 490,622 million Kcal | 10 |
| 2020s | 494,866 million Kcal | 476,398 million Kcal | 508,969 million Kcal | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 6 Guinea 226,570 million Kcal compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 92,039 million Kcal compare
- 7 Gabon 143,107 million Kcal compare
- 8 Jamaica 126,974 million Kcal compare
- 9 Brazil 112,703 million Kcal compare
- 10 Senegal 100,731 million Kcal compare
- 11 Rwanda 45,596 million Kcal compare
- 12 Timor-Leste 0.71 million Kcal compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 41,014 million Kcal compare
More agriculture & rural data for South America
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 1.84 % 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)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.3049 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1424 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — food supply in South America?
- Yams — food supply in South America was 476,398 million Kcal in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 508,969 million Kcal in 2020.
- What is the lowest yams — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 367,945 million Kcal in 2015.
- How does South America rank for yams — food supply?
- South America ranks 9th out of 28 groups with data for 2023.
- Is yams — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.5%. 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 Yams — 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.