Central America vs Italy: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value over time
- Central America
- Italy
How they compare
Italy currently reports 1,947 kcal/cap/d against 1,837 kcal/cap/d in Central America, a difference of 110 kcal/cap/d.
That makes Italy's figure about 1.1 times Central America's.
Across all 26 years both countries report, Italy has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 21st and Italy ranks 19th of 37 groups.
Italy has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Italy | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,777 kcal/cap/d | 1,945 kcal/cap/d | 168.1 kcal/cap/d | Italy |
| 2010s | 1,809 kcal/cap/d | 1,942 kcal/cap/d | 132.6 kcal/cap/d | Italy |
| 2020s | 1,830 kcal/cap/d | 1,947 kcal/cap/d | 116.83 kcal/cap/d | Italy |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value, Central America or Italy?
- Italy, at 1,947 kcal/cap/d against 1,837 kcal/cap/d in Central America as of 2025.
- What is the difference in minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value between Central America and Italy?
- 110 kcal/cap/d, with Italy ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Italy?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Central America and Italy rank globally for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Central America ranks 21st and Italy ranks 19th of 37 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Minimum 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.