Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value in Australia
Australia: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value was 2,496 kcal/cap/d in 2025. β¬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value in Australia, 2000β2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Australia stood at 2,496 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Australia peaked at 2,499 kcal/cap/d in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2,489 kcal/cap/d, in 2016.
Australia ranks 39th of 180 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,496 kcal/cap/d | 2,491 kcal/cap/d | 2,499 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | 2,489 kcal/cap/d | 2,497 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,494 kcal/cap/d | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | 2,496 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Australia
- 38 Grenada 2,498 kcal/cap/d compare
- 39 Australia and New Zealand 2,496 kcal/cap/d compare
- 41 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,495 kcal/cap/d compare
- 41 Singapore 2,495 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Australia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0227 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,476 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5855 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1228 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.27 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.27 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Australia?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Australia was 2,496 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) β value recorded in Australia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,499 kcal/cap/d in 2005.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value recorded in Australia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,489 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- How does Australia rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value?
- Australia ranks 39th out of 180 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value rising or falling in Australia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Australia 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) β Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.