Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central America
Central America: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,377 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central America, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Central America recorded 2,377 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 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central America peaked at 2,377 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,274 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Central America ranks 21st of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,274 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,278 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,283 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,287 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,292 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,297 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,303 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,308 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,313 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,318 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,323 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,327 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,332 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,335 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,338 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,342 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,345 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,349 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,353 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,356 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,360 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,363 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,367 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,370 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,374 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,377 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,295 kcal/cap/d | 2,274 kcal/cap/d | 2,318 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,340 kcal/cap/d | 2,323 kcal/cap/d | 2,356 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,368 kcal/cap/d | 2,360 kcal/cap/d | 2,377 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested 167,359 ha (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central America?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central America was 2,377 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,377 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,274 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Central America rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Central America ranks 21st out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Central America 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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