Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Denmark
Denmark: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,548 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Denmark, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Denmark recorded 2,548 kcal/cap/d for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025.
The figure is up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Denmark peaked at 2,549 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,535 kcal/cap/d, in 2004.
That places Denmark 12th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Denmark, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,537 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,536 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,536 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,536 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,535 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,535 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,535 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,535 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,535 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,536 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,537 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,538 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,540 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,543 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,545 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,547 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2,548 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 2,548 kcal/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 2,508 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 2,548 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2,507 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,536 kcal/cap/d | 2,535 kcal/cap/d | 2,537 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,545 kcal/cap/d | 2,537 kcal/cap/d | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | 2,548 kcal/cap/d | 2,549 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 9 Estonia 2,555 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2,377 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 2,366 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Switzerland 2,553 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Belgium 2,549 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Cabo Verde 2,454 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 2,307 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 2,289 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Sweden 2,547 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Micronesia 2,285 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Czechia 2,537 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Kuwait 2,537 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Caribbean 2,426 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Melanesia 2,260 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,253 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 37.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0117 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 900.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7939 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Denmark?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Denmark was 2,548 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 Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 2,549 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,535 kcal/cap/d in 2004.
- How does Denmark rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Denmark ranks 12th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Denmark 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.