Cities & food security - South America

We have compared a total of 850 cities all over the world on a number of food-related indicators like availability, food risks and healthy lifestyle. In this list you will find the top 25 largest cities (expected in 2030) in South America in alphabetical order.

Find the city you want more information about and get an overall impression. We tell you if the overall ranking was:

  • Very low
  • Rather low
  • Low
  • Below average
  • Average
  • Above average
  • High
  • Rather high
  • Very high

Furthermore we will indicate which 5 indicators had a more than average positive (+) or negative (-) effect on the ranking. (o is neutral)

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Asunción (Paraguay)

Score
Overall ranking Below average
Availability o
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility o
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • BMI (health)
  • remaining agriland
  • climate risk

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • Gini-index
  • kcal intake (total)
  • population increase
  • risk from flood
  • ease of doing business

Barranqui (Colombia)

Score
Overall ranking Below average
Availability -
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility o
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • climate
  • remaining agriland
  • proximity stores

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • diversity in diet
  • stability country
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Bélem (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Rather low
Availability -
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility -
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • proximity stores

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • climate
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • infrastructure
  • ease of doing business
  • risk from flood
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Rather low
Availability -
Food risk o
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility o
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • proximity stores
  • climate risk

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • ease of doing business
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Bogotá (Colombia)

Score
Overall ranking Rather low
Availability -
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility o
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • climate
  • climate risk
  • remeaning agriland

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • infrastructure
  • diversity in diet
  • population increase
  • stability country
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Brasilia (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Below average
Availability -
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility -
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • green living environment around the city

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • infrastructure
  • ease of doing business
  • population increase
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Score
Overall ranking Rather low
Availability -
Food risk o
Healthy lifestyle o
Accessibility o
Affordability +

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • BMI (food risk)
  • share of meat and fish in diet
  • kcal from meat and fish

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • BMI (health)
  • fresh food production
  • ease of doing business
  • risk from flood
  • green living environment around the city
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Cali (Colombia)

Score
Overall ranking Average
Availability -
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility o
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • remaining agriland

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • diversity in diet
  • stability country

Campinas (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Rather high
Availability o
Food risk o
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility +
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • climate
  • climate risk
  • infrastructure

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • Gini-index
  • ease of doing business

Caracas (Venezuela)

Score
Overall ranking Rather low
Availability -
Food risk o
Healthy lifestyle o
Accessibility -
Affordability +

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • climate
  • climate risk
  • GDP development
  • population increase

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • ease of doing business
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • infrastructure
  • kcal intake (total)
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Curitiba (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Average
Availability -
Food risk o
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility o
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • climate risk

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • ease of doing business
  • Gini-index
  • population increase

Fortaleza (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Rather low
Availability -
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility +
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • proximity stores

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • ease of doing business
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Goiânia (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Above average
Availability o
Food risk o
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility o
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • remaining agriland

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • Gini-index
  • ease of doing business
  • population increase

Guayaquil (Ecuador)

Score
Overall ranking Rather low
Availability -
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility -
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • climate

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • Gini-index
  • infrastructure
  • kcal intake (total)
  • ease of doing business

La Paz (Bolivia)

Score
Overall ranking Below average
Availability -
Food risk o
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility -
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • GDP development
  • BMI (health)
  • green living environment around the city
  • climate
  • risk from flood

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • infrastructure
  • ease of doing business
  • proximity stores
  • Gini-index
  • climate risk
  • total kcal intake

Lima (Peru)

Score
Overall ranking Low
Availability -
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility o
Affordability o

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • climate risk
  • proximity stores

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • infrastructure
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Manaus (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Below average
Availability o
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility -
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • green living environment around the city

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • climate
  • Gini-index
  • population increase
  • proximity stores
  • risk from flood
  • ease of doing business

Maracaibo (Venezuela)

Score
Overall ranking Below average
Availability -
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility -
Affordability +

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • climate
  • GDP development
  • proximity stores
  • remaining agriland

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • ease of doing business
  • Gini-index
  • infrastructure
  • kcal intake (total)

Medellin (Colombia)

Score
Overall ranking Rather low
Availability -
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility o
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • remaining agriland
  • climate risk

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • infrastructure
  • diversity in diet
  • stability country
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Recife (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Average
Availability -
Food risk o
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility +
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • infrastructure
  • proximity stores
  • population increase

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • climate
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • ease of doing business
  • risk from flood
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Rather low
Availability -
Food risk o
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility o
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • population increase
  • proximity stores

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • ease of doing business
  • risk from flood
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Salvador (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Low
Availability -
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility +
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • none

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • climate
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • ease of doing business
  • risk from flood
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

Santa Cruz (Bolivia)

Score
Overall ranking Below average
Availability o
Food risk -
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility -
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • BMI (health)
  • fresh food production
  • GDP development
  • green living environment around the city

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • ease of doing business
  • Gini-index
  • kcal intake (total)
  • population increase
  • proximity stores

Santiago (Chile)

Score
Overall ranking Below average
Availability -
Food risk +
Healthy lifestyle o
Accessibility o
Affordability +

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • BMI (food risk)
  • population increase
  • risk from flood
  • proximity stores
  • child stunting
  • sanitation and hygiene
  • climate risk

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • BMI (health)
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • infrastructure
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production

São Paulo (Brazil)

Score
Overall ranking Rather low
Availability -
Food risk o
Healthy lifestyle +
Accessibility o
Affordability -

Indicators with a positive effect:

  • proximity stores
  • climate risk

Indicators with a negative effect:

  • arabale land
  • ease of doing business
  • fresh food production
  • Gini-index
  • vegetable/fruit/nuts production