Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in China (People’s Republic of)
China (People’s Republic of): Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,470 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in China (People’s Republic of), 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in China (People’s Republic of) stood at 2,470 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in China (People’s Republic of) peaked at 2,470 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,418 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places China (People’s Republic of) 66th out of 180 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,444 kcal/cap/d | 2,418 kcal/cap/d | 2,457 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,444 kcal/cap/d | 2,435 kcal/cap/d | 2,455 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,456 kcal/cap/d | 2,441 kcal/cap/d | 2,470 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near China (People’s Republic of)
- 63 Argentina 2,472 kcal/cap/d compare
- 63 China, Taiwan Province of 2,472 kcal/cap/d compare
- 65 China, mainland 2,471 kcal/cap/d compare
- 67 Montenegro 2,468 kcal/cap/d compare
- 68 Costa Rica 2,466 kcal/cap/d compare
- 69 Mauritius 2,463 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for China (People’s Republic of)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.98 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0666 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 923.03 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3366 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.66 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.66 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in China (People’s Republic of) was 2,470 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 (People’s Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 2,470 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in China (People’s Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,418 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does China (People’s Republic of) rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- China (People’s Republic of) ranks 66th out of 180 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in China (People’s Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this China (People’s Republic of) 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.