Freshwater Fish — Food supply in South America
South America: Freshwater Fish — Food supply was 6.74 kcal/cap/d in 2023. ▲ Rising
Freshwater Fish — 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 6.74 kcal/cap/d for freshwater fish — food supply in 2023.
The figure is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freshwater fish — food supply in South America peaked at 6.81 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 4.64 kcal/cap/d, in 2010.
That places South America 18th out of 29 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.
Freshwater Fish — Food supply in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4.64 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2011 | 4.8 kcal/cap/d | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 5.56 kcal/cap/d | +15.8% |
| 2013 | 5.79 kcal/cap/d | +4.1% |
| 2014 | 6.51 kcal/cap/d | +12.4% |
| 2015 | 6.32 kcal/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 6.16 kcal/cap/d | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 6.54 kcal/cap/d | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 6.36 kcal/cap/d | -2.8% |
| 2019 | 6.49 kcal/cap/d | +2.0% |
| 2020 | 6.58 kcal/cap/d | +1.4% |
| 2021 | 6.81 kcal/cap/d | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 6.78 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 6.74 kcal/cap/d | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 5.92 kcal/cap/d | 4.64 kcal/cap/d | 6.54 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 6.73 kcal/cap/d | 6.58 kcal/cap/d | 6.81 kcal/cap/d | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 15 Thailand 17.63 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Malawi 16.61 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Timor-Leste 1.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Philippines 16.54 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Zambia 15.26 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 India 14.8 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 China, Taiwan Province of 14.28 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Sweden 13.77 kcal/cap/d compare
More environment data for South America
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -6.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -4.98 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.218 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Paper and paperboard — Import quantity, annual growth rate 18.97 % change on previous year (2024)
- Printing and writing papers — Import quantity, annual growth rate 8.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, annual growth rate -23.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Newsprint — Import value, gaps filled 60,764 1000 USD (2024)
- Newsprint — Import quantity, annual growth rate 5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freshwater fish — food supply in South America?
- Freshwater fish — food supply in South America was 6.74 kcal/cap/d in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest freshwater fish — food supply recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 6.81 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest freshwater fish — food supply recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.64 kcal/cap/d in 2010.
- How does South America rank for freshwater fish — food supply?
- South America ranks 18th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is freshwater fish — food supply rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. 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 Freshwater Fish — Food supply (kcal/capita/day). 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.