Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in China, Hong Kong SAR
China, Hong Kong SAR: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,437 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in China, Hong Kong SAR, 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 China, Hong Kong SAR is 2,437 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in China, Hong Kong SAR peaked at 2,484 kcal/cap/d in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,437 kcal/cap/d, in 2024.
China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 82nd of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in China, Hong Kong SAR, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,459 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,463 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,466 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,469 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,473 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,479 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,484 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,484 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,482 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 2,480 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,480 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,478 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,472 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,466 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,461 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,457 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,453 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,448 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,444 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,442 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,442 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,441 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,439 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,438 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,437 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 2,437 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,474 kcal/cap/d | 2,459 kcal/cap/d | 2,484 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,460 kcal/cap/d | 2,442 kcal/cap/d | 2,480 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,439 kcal/cap/d | 2,437 kcal/cap/d | 2,442 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near China, Hong Kong SAR
- 79 China, Macao SAR 2,446 kcal/cap/d compare
- 80 Azerbaijan 2,445 kcal/cap/d compare
- 81 Dominica 2,444 kcal/cap/d compare
- 83 Brunei Darussalam 2,435 kcal/cap/d compare
- 84 Japan 2,429 kcal/cap/d compare
- 84 Malaysia 2,429 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate -5.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight -7.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -5.42 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.1332 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.0017 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth -2.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in China, Hong Kong SAR was 2,437 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 China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The highest recorded value was 2,484 kcal/cap/d in 2006.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,437 kcal/cap/d in 2024.
- How does China, Hong Kong SAR rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- China, Hong Kong SAR ranks 82nd out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in China, Hong Kong SAR?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this China, Hong Kong SAR 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.