Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity in South America
South America: Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity was 3.31 kg/cap in 2023. ▲ Rising
Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity in South America, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/cap.
Analysis
The most recent figure for freshwater fish — food supply quantity in South America is 3.31 kg/cap, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 15.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freshwater fish — food supply quantity in South America peaked at 3.34 kg/cap in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.18 kg/cap, in 2010.
South America ranks 20th 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.
Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity in South America, year by year
| Year | kg/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2.18 kg/cap | — |
| 2011 | 2.26 kg/cap | +3.7% |
| 2012 | 2.71 kg/cap | +19.9% |
| 2013 | 2.87 kg/cap | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 3.27 kg/cap | +13.9% |
| 2015 | 3.13 kg/cap | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 3.05 kg/cap | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 3.26 kg/cap | +6.9% |
| 2018 | 3.13 kg/cap | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 3.17 kg/cap | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 3.21 kg/cap | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 3.34 kg/cap | +4.0% |
| 2022 | 3.33 kg/cap | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 3.31 kg/cap | -0.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2.9 kg/cap | 2.18 kg/cap | 3.27 kg/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.3 kg/cap | 3.21 kg/cap | 3.34 kg/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 17 Timor-Leste 0.58 kg/cap compare
- 17 Zambia 8.2 kg/cap compare
- 18 Sweden 8.12 kg/cap compare
- 19 Philippines 7.76 kg/cap compare
- 20 Costa Rica 7.14 kg/cap compare
- 21 Belgium 7.06 kg/cap compare
- 22 Luxembourg 7.03 kg/cap compare
- 23 China, Taiwan Province of 6.94 kg/cap compare
- 23 India 6.94 kg/cap 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)
- Printing and writing papers — Import value, annual growth rate -4.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production, annual growth rate 4.24 % 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freshwater fish — food supply quantity in South America?
- Freshwater fish — food supply quantity in South America was 3.31 kg/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest freshwater fish — food supply quantity recorded in South America?
- The highest recorded value was 3.34 kg/cap in 2021.
- What is the lowest freshwater fish — food supply quantity recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.18 kg/cap in 2010.
- How does South America rank for freshwater fish — food supply quantity?
- South America ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2023.
- Is freshwater fish — food supply quantity rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.3%. 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 Freshwater Fish — Food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr). 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.