Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,148 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Afghanistan, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 2,148 kcal/cap/d for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Afghanistan peaked at 2,148 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,017 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Afghanistan ranks 180th of 181 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,017 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,020 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,025 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,030 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,037 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,045 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,054 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 2,060 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,066 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 2,072 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,079 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,085 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,090 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,096 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,101 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,106 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,112 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,116 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,120 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,124 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,128 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,132 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,136 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,140 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,144 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,148 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,043 kcal/cap/d | 2,017 kcal/cap/d | 2,072 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,103 kcal/cap/d | 2,079 kcal/cap/d | 2,124 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,138 kcal/cap/d | 2,128 kcal/cap/d | 2,148 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
- 177 Burundi 2,169 kcal/cap/d compare
- 178 Mozambique 2,163 kcal/cap/d compare
- 179 Angola 2,162 kcal/cap/d compare
- 181 Central African Republic 2,122 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3429 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 142.96 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0018 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7406 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Afghanistan?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Afghanistan was 2,148 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,148 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,017 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Afghanistan rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Afghanistan ranks 180th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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