Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,236 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Eastern Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Eastern Africa recorded 2,236 kcal/cap/d for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Eastern Africa peaked at 2,236 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,126 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Eastern Africa 35th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,126 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,128 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,130 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,133 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,135 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,137 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,139 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,142 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,145 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 2,148 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,152 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,157 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,163 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,169 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,175 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 2,181 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,188 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,194 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,201 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,207 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,214 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,219 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,225 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,229 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,233 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,236 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,136 kcal/cap/d | 2,126 kcal/cap/d | 2,148 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | 2,152 kcal/cap/d | 2,207 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,226 kcal/cap/d | 2,214 kcal/cap/d | 2,236 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 32 Canada 2,508 kcal/cap/d compare
- 33 Ireland 2,507 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 Bahamas 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 New Zealand 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 Slovenia 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 38 Grenada 2,498 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 7.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -0.4094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2281 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1813 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 7.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 13.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oranges — Area harvested 87,521 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Eastern Africa?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Eastern Africa was 2,236 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,236 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,126 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Eastern Africa ranks 35th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Africa 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.