Table 3.

Percent change in added sugar and non-nutritive sweetener volumes sold in packaged foods and beverages from 2007 to 2019 in regional and country income categories

Region/income category	Sales volume 2007	Sales volume 2019	% Change
Beverages
Added sugars (kg/capita)
World	9·4	8·3	↓ 12
East Asia and the Pacific	5·0	5·7	↑ 14
Europe and Central Asia	21·3	16·8	↓ 21
Latin America and the Caribbean	12·3	12·7	↑ 3
Middle East and North Africa	4·9	5·0	↑ 2
North America	58·9	42·7	↓ 28
South Asia	0·7	1·6	↑ 129
Sub-Saharan Africa	1·4	1·8	↑ 39
HIC	35·5	27·7	↓ 22
UMIC	7·1	8·0	↑ 13
LMIC	1·6	2·4	↑ 50
Non-nutritive sweeteners (g/capita)
World	6·1	8·3	↑ 36
East Asia and the Pacific	1·5	2·2	↑ 47
Europe and Central Asia	14·3	16·8	↑ 17
Latin America and the Caribbean	7·7	8·9	↑ 16
Middle East and North Africa	1·9	1·9	n/a
North America	26·3	57·5	↑ 119
South Asia	0·3	0·7	↑ 133
Sub-Saharan Africa	0·0	0·0	n/a
HIC	19·4	28·8	↑ 48
UMIC	3·4	4·3	↑ 26
LMIC	1·0	1·0	↑ 0
Packaged food
Added sugars (kg/capita)
World	5·7	6·2	↑ 9
East Asia and the Pacific	4·4	6·1	↑ 39
Europe and Central Asia	13·6	13·8	↑ 1
Latin America and the Caribbean	7·2	7·3	↑ 1
Middle East and North Africa	2·5	3·1	↑ 24
North America	26·5	25·5	↓ 4
South Asia	0·9	1·6	↑ 78
Sub-Saharan Africa	0·6	0·6	n/a
HIC	18·4	18·2	↓ 1 %
UMIC	5·6	7·3	↑ 30
LMIC	1·4	2·0	↑ 43
Non-nutritive sweeteners (g/capita)
World	63·2	65·2	↑ 3
East Asia and the Pacific	43·8	54·7	↑ 25
Europe and Central Asia	144·1	154·3	↑ 7
Latin America and the Caribbean	83·1	79·0	↓ 5
Middle East and North Africa	20·6	25·8	↑ 25
North America	379·9	360·6	↓ 5
South Asia	6·5	10·6	↑ 65
Sub-Saharan Africa	0·0	0·0	n/a
HIC	249·4	238·5	↓ 4
UMIC	47·3	61·1	↑ 29
LMIC	16·3	22·8	↑ 40

HIC, high-income countries; UMIC, upper-middle-income countries; LMIC, lower-middle-income countries.