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US AID 1996
Latin American and the Caribbean Selected Economic and Social Data
Environmental Indicators


FOOD CONSUMPTION

 

Kilocalories Per Capita/ Day

Protein Grams

Per Capita/Day

Fat Grams

Per Capita/Day

 

 

As a % of Need

 

1980-82

1990-92

% change

 

1980-82

1990-92

1980-82

1990-92

% change

1980-82

1990-92

% change

Caribbean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Antigua & Barbuda

2291

2496

9.0

 

99.6

108.5

71.0

85.9

20.9

81.3

98.3

21.0

Bahamas

2622

2649

1.0

 

114.0

115.2

74.9

79.6

6.3

84.8

86.6

2.1

Barbados

3093

3218

4.1

 

134.5

139.9

88.4

95.5

8.1

100.7

116.3

15.4

Belize

2712

2583

-4.8

 

117.9

112.3

68.2

65.1

-4.5

73.7

71.1

-3.6

Bermuda

3054

2691

-11.9

 

132.8

117.0

106.3

92.2

-13.2

133.8

120.0

-10.3

Cuba

3041

3003

-1.2

 

132.2

130.6

73.9

66.1

-10.5

80.9

77.1

-4.6

Dominica

2315

2848

23.0

 

100.7

123.8

58.3

72.0

23.4

59.3

77.0

29.9

Dominican Rep

2279

2273

-0.3

 

99.1

98.8

49.4

50.0

1.4

58.0

64.6

11.3

Grenada

2292

2424

5.8

 

99.7

105.4

62.0

66.4

7.2

72.2

69.0

-4.5

Guadeloupe

2494

2666

6.9

 

108.4

115.9

81.3

82.9

2.0

67.2

82.0

22.0

Haiti

2052

1738

-15.3

 

89.2

75.6

48.0

41.0

-14.6

35.2

25.9

-26.4

Jamaica

2620

2581

-1.5

 

113.9

112.2

63.4

63.9

0.8

63.2

63.8

0.9

Martinique

2604

2700

3.7

 

113.2

117.4

82.8

84.8

2.3

65.6

82.9

26.4

Neth Antilles

3081

2574

-16.4

 

133.9

111.9

97.5

83.3

-14.6

100.8

75.1

-25.5

St. Kitts/Nevis

2216

2413

8.9

 

96.4

104.9

62.7

73.1

16.6

73.3

92.8

26.6

St. Lucia

2233

2563

14.8

 

97.1

111.4

56.9

76.8

34.8

64.9

68.4

5.5

St. Vincent/Gren.

2511

2407

-4.1

 

109.2

104.6

55.6

58.0

4.4

61.4

66.7

8.6

Trinidad & Tobago

3019

2633

-12.8

 

131.2

114.5

81.3

62.9

-22.7

77.7

71.8

-7.6

Central America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costa Rica

2596

2870

10.6

 

112.9

124.8

62.4

69.1

10.7

64.8

78.3

20.9

El Salvador

2337

2526

8.1

 

101.6

109.8

56.3

61.8

9.7

50.1

57.6

14.9

Guatemala

2265

2282

0.7

 

98.5

99.2

56.2

57.5

2.4

42.2

42.0

-0.5

Honduras

2070

2307

11.4

 

90.0

100.3

50.3

56.0

11.3

43.5

60.9

40.1

Nicaragua

2321

2290

-1.4

 

100.9

99.6

60.4

55.2

-8.7

47.5

51.6

8.8

Panama

2347

2238

-4.6

 

102.0

97.3

59.7

58.9

-1.5

68.9

64.9

-5.9

South America

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentina

3172

2948

-7.1

 

137.9

128.2

104.8

97.1

-7.3

113.5

102.9

-9.3

Bolivia

2029

2031

0.1

 

88.2

88.3

52.6

51.9

-1.5

51.5

51.3

-0.4

Brazil

2659

2791

5.0

 

115.6

121.4

59.9

64.3

7.3

67.5

82.4

22.0

Chile

2640

2535

-4.0

 

114.8

110.2

71.4

70.2

-1.7

59.5

64.7

8.6

Colombia

2489

2632

5.8

 

108.2

114.4

53.7

59.5

10.8

51.5

61.5

19.3

Ecuador

2339

2539

8.5

 

101.7

110.4

48.1

52.1

8.4

61.7

89.8

45.5

French Guiana

2532

2885

13.9

 

110.1

125.4

81.7

107.8

31.9

76.4

98.3

28.8

Guyana

2547

2350

-7.7

 

110.7

102.2

63.5

64.3

1.2

50.8

36.6

-27.9

Paraguay

2711

2618

-3.4

 

117.9

113.8

75.3

67.6

-10.2

81.5

91.4

12.2

Peru

2092

1881

-10.1

 

90.9

81.8

54.8

50.0

-8.6

38.2

33.9

-11.3

Suriname

2469

2512

1.7

 

107.4

109.2

62.9

62.8

-0.2

51.9

57.5

10.9

Uruguay

2814

2684

-4.6

 

122.4

116.7

84.7

82.6

-2.4

102.5

96.4

-6.0

Venezuela

2692

2586

-3.9

 

117.1

112.4

70.4

64.7

-8.1

78.2

75.1

-4.0

Mexico

3260

3190

-2.1

 

141.8

138.7

87.1

80.4

-7.6

88.1

94.0

6.7

Latin America

2550

2557

0.7

 

110.9

111.2

68.4

69.3

2.2

69.6

73.7

6.9

Source: FAO, AGROSTAT PC.
Values are yearly averages for periods shown. National averages will mask internal inequalities, which vary from country to country.
Need is defined as "adequate food supply" and is equivalent to 2300 kcal/person/day.
Averages for Latin America are calculated on an unweighted basis.

U.S. Agency for International Development
Washington D.C. 1996.


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