Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Europe
Europe: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,510 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Europe, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Europe stood at 2,510 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is 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 Europe peaked at 2,524 kcal/cap/d in 2004 and was at its lowest, 2,502 kcal/cap/d, in 2018.
That places Europe 8th out of 37 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Europe, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,516 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,518 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,521 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,523 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,524 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,524 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,524 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,523 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,522 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,519 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,516 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,514 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,512 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,509 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,507 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,505 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,504 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,503 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,502 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,502 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,503 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,503 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,505 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,507 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,508 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2,510 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,521 kcal/cap/d | 2,516 kcal/cap/d | 2,524 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,507 kcal/cap/d | 2,502 kcal/cap/d | 2,516 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,506 kcal/cap/d | 2,503 kcal/cap/d | 2,510 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Europe?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Europe was 2,510 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,524 kcal/cap/d in 2004.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,502 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Europe rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Europe ranks 8th out of 37 regions with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Europe 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.