Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in El Salvador
El Salvador: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,326 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in El Salvador, 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 El Salvador is 2,326 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in El Salvador peaked at 2,326 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,201 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places El Salvador 119th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,201 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,205 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,209 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,215 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,220 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,226 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,232 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,239 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,246 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 2,254 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 2,262 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 2,268 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,274 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,280 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 2,284 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,288 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,292 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,295 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,299 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,303 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,307 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,311 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,314 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,318 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,322 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,326 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,225 kcal/cap/d | 2,201 kcal/cap/d | 2,254 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,284 kcal/cap/d | 2,262 kcal/cap/d | 2,303 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,316 kcal/cap/d | 2,307 kcal/cap/d | 2,326 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for El Salvador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in El Salvador?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in El Salvador was 2,326 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 2,326 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,201 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does El Salvador rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- El Salvador ranks 119th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.