Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Africa
Africa: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,259 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Africa is 2,259 kcal/cap/d, measured 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 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Africa peaked at 2,259 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,193 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Africa 31st out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,193 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,196 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,198 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,200 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,201 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,202 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,203 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,204 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,204 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,205 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,207 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,208 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,210 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,212 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,214 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,217 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,220 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,224 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,229 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,233 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,238 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,242 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,247 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,251 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,255 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,259 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,201 kcal/cap/d | 2,193 kcal/cap/d | 2,205 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,217 kcal/cap/d | 2,207 kcal/cap/d | 2,233 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,249 kcal/cap/d | 2,238 kcal/cap/d | 2,259 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 28 Poland 2,516 kcal/cap/d compare
- 28 Spain 2,516 kcal/cap/d compare
- 30 Ukraine 2,510 kcal/cap/d compare
- 31 France 2,509 kcal/cap/d compare
- 32 Canada 2,508 kcal/cap/d compare
- 33 Ireland 2,507 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 Bahamas 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 New Zealand 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 Slovenia 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -1.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 4.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0042 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Africa?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Africa was 2,259 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 Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,259 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,193 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Africa rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Africa ranks 31st out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Africa 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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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.