Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,296 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Burkina Faso, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 2,296 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 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Burkina Faso peaked at 2,296 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,184 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Burkina Faso 138th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,184 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,187 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,190 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,193 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,196 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,198 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,199 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,199 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,198 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,197 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,197 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,198 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,199 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,202 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,205 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,209 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,214 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,220 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,228 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 2,237 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 2,248 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,259 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,269 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,278 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 2,287 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 2,296 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,194 kcal/cap/d | 2,184 kcal/cap/d | 2,199 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,211 kcal/cap/d | 2,197 kcal/cap/d | 2,237 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,273 kcal/cap/d | 2,248 kcal/cap/d | 2,296 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 135 Honduras 2,303 kcal/cap/d compare
- 136 Philippines 2,302 kcal/cap/d compare
- 136 Sao Tome and Principe 2,302 kcal/cap/d compare
- 139 Tokelau 2,295 kcal/cap/d compare
- 140 Tajikistan 2,292 kcal/cap/d compare
- 141 Cambodia 2,289 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.86 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 19.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 19.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Burkina Faso?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Burkina Faso was 2,296 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 Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 2,296 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,184 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Burkina Faso ranks 138th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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.