Italy vs World: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value over time
- Italy
- World
How they compare
Italy currently reports 2,533 kcal/cap/d against 2,379 kcal/cap/d in World, a difference of 154 kcal/cap/d.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times World's.
Across all 26 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Italy ranks 18th and World ranks 20th of 181 countries.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Italy | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,526 kcal/cap/d | 2,345 kcal/cap/d | 181 kcal/cap/d | Italy |
| 2010s | 2,522 kcal/cap/d | 2,358 kcal/cap/d | 163.4 kcal/cap/d | Italy |
| 2020s | 2,532 kcal/cap/d | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | 159.5 kcal/cap/d | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value, Italy or World?
- Italy, at 2,533 kcal/cap/d against 2,379 kcal/cap/d in World as of 2025.
- What is the difference in average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value between Italy and World?
- 154 kcal/cap/d, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and World?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Italy and World rank globally for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Italy ranks 18th and World ranks 20th of 181 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.