Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia
Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,428 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia recorded 2,428 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.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia peaked at 2,428 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,378 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 13th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,378 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,385 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,391 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,396 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,401 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,408 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,409 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,408 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,406 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,404 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,403 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,402 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,400 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,400 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,402 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,415 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,420 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,424 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,428 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,399 kcal/cap/d | 2,378 kcal/cap/d | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,404 kcal/cap/d | 2,400 kcal/cap/d | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,417 kcal/cap/d | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | 2,428 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia
- 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
- 12 Denmark 2,548 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 Melanesia 2,260 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,253 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Bahrain 2,534 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Slovakia 2,534 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 2,250 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,874 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 22 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 13.1 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 7.5 % (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 9.5 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 22,679 Int$/cap (2024)
- Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services 95 % (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 173 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,265 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services 64 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia was 2,428 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 Asia and South-eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,428 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,378 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia ranks 13th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Eastern Asia and South-eastern Asia 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.