Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Gambia
Gambia: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,312 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Gambia, 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 Gambia is 2,312 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Gambia peaked at 2,312 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,198 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Gambia 130th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,198 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,203 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,208 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,213 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,218 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,222 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,226 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,229 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,233 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,236 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,239 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,241 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,243 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,244 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,246 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,249 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,254 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,259 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,265 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,272 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,278 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,285 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,292 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,299 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,305 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 2,312 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,219 kcal/cap/d | 2,198 kcal/cap/d | 2,236 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,251 kcal/cap/d | 2,239 kcal/cap/d | 2,272 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,295 kcal/cap/d | 2,278 kcal/cap/d | 2,312 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 25.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2385 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 219.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2766 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3501 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 23.85 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 23.85 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Gambia?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Gambia was 2,312 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,312 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,198 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Gambia rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Gambia ranks 130th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gambia 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.