Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Congo
Congo: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,263 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Congo, 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 Congo is 2,263 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Congo peaked at 2,263 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,218 kcal/cap/d, in 2015.
That places Congo 151st out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Congo, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,221 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,228 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,229 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,230 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,233 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,236 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,238 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,239 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,238 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,237 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,236 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,231 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,226 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,221 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,219 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,218 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,219 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,221 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,224 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,229 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,234 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,240 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,245 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,251 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,257 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 2,263 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 2,263 kcal/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,302 kcal/cap/d, 98% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Congo's 2,263 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,264 kcal/cap/d, 100% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,233 kcal/cap/d | 2,221 kcal/cap/d | 2,239 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,224 kcal/cap/d | 2,218 kcal/cap/d | 2,236 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,248 kcal/cap/d | 2,234 kcal/cap/d | 2,263 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Congo
- 148 Cameroon 2,269 kcal/cap/d compare
- 149 Comoros 2,268 kcal/cap/d compare
- 150 Eritrea 2,266 kcal/cap/d compare
- 152 Rwanda 2,253 kcal/cap/d compare
- 153 Mauritania 2,252 kcal/cap/d compare
- 154 Nigeria 2,251 kcal/cap/d compare
- 154 Papua New Guinea 2,251 kcal/cap/d compare
- 154 Togo 2,251 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 254.21 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Congo?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Congo was 2,263 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 Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 2,263 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,218 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- How does Congo rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Congo ranks 151st out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Congo 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.