Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value by country

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

• United States of America 2,570 kcal/cap/d
• Northern America 2,563 kcal/cap/d
• Western Europe 2,529 kcal/cap/d
• Northern America and Europe 2,528 kcal/cap/d
• Southern Europe 2,517 kcal/cap/d
• Northern Europe 2,514 kcal/cap/d
• Small island developing States (SIDS) 2,390 kcal/cap/d
• High-income economies 2,513 kcal/cap/d
• Europe 2,510 kcal/cap/d
• Asia 2,378 kcal/cap/d
• Eastern Europe 2,492 kcal/cap/d
• Eastern Asia 2,466 kcal/cap/d
• Upper-middle-income economies 2,432 kcal/cap/d
• Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 2,428 kcal/cap/d
• Oceania 2,426 kcal/cap/d
• South America 2,421 kcal/cap/d
• Latin America and the Caribbean 2,409 kcal/cap/d
• Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 2,229 kcal/cap/d
• Western Asia 2,385 kcal/cap/d
• Southern Africa 2,383 kcal/cap/d
• Middle Africa 2,170 kcal/cap/d
• World 2,379 kcal/cap/d
• Central America 2,377 kcal/cap/d
• Western Asia and Northern Africa 2,365 kcal/cap/d
• Northern Africa 2,341 kcal/cap/d
• South-Eastern Asia 2,338 kcal/cap/d
• Central Asia 2,334 kcal/cap/d
• Central Asia and Southern Asia 2,324 kcal/cap/d
• Southern Asia 2,323 kcal/cap/d
• Lower-middle-income economies 2,312 kcal/cap/d
• Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand 2,267 kcal/cap/d
• Africa 2,259 kcal/cap/d
• Western Africa 2,258 kcal/cap/d
• Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 2,257 kcal/cap/d
• Sub-Saharan Africa 2,242 kcal/cap/d
• Eastern Africa 2,236 kcal/cap/d
• Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 2,234 kcal/cap/d
• Low-income economies 2,210 kcal/cap/d