Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,132 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Democratic Republic of the 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo is 2,132 kcal/cap/d, measured 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 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 2,132 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,126 kcal/cap/d, in 2001.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 20th of 20 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,126 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,126 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,126 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,126 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,128 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,128 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,128 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,128 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,129 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,129 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,128 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,128 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,129 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,130 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2,132 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | 2,126 kcal/cap/d | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,128 kcal/cap/d | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | 2,129 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,129 kcal/cap/d | 2,127 kcal/cap/d | 2,132 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 2,132 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 Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 2,132 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,126 kcal/cap/d in 2001.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 20th out of 20 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the 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.