Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central Asia and Southern Asia
Central Asia and Southern Asia: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,324 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central Asia and Southern Asia, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Central Asia and Southern Asia recorded 2,324 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 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central Asia and Southern Asia peaked at 2,324 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,214 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Central Asia and Southern Asia ranks 26th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central Asia and Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,214 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,221 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,228 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,234 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,241 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,248 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,254 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,258 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,263 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,267 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,272 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,276 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,280 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,283 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,286 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,291 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,294 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,298 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,301 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,304 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,307 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,312 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,315 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,318 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,320 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,324 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,243 kcal/cap/d | 2,214 kcal/cap/d | 2,267 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,288 kcal/cap/d | 2,272 kcal/cap/d | 2,304 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,316 kcal/cap/d | 2,307 kcal/cap/d | 2,324 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia and Southern Asia
More agriculture & rural data for Central Asia and Southern Asia
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,797 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 10 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 30.2 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 3.3 % (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 11.1 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 9,769 Int$/cap (2024)
- Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services 81 % (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 161.2 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,703 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services 58 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central Asia and Southern Asia?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central Asia and Southern Asia was 2,324 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 Asia and Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,324 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Central Asia and Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,214 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Central Asia and Southern Asia rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Central Asia and Southern Asia ranks 26th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Central Asia and Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Central Asia and Southern Asia 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.