Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in High-income economies
High-income economies: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,513 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in High-income economies, 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 High-income economies stood at 2,513 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in High-income economies peaked at 2,513 kcal/cap/d in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,504 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places High-income economies 7th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in High-income economies, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,504 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,506 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,508 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,510 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,511 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,512 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,512 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,511 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,510 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,509 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,509 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,508 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,507 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,507 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,506 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,506 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,505 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,506 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,507 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,508 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,509 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,511 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,512 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,510 kcal/cap/d | 2,504 kcal/cap/d | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,507 kcal/cap/d | 2,505 kcal/cap/d | 2,510 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,510 kcal/cap/d | 2,507 kcal/cap/d | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near High-income economies
More agriculture & rural data for High-income economies
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,934 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 9 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 24.7 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 8.4 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 4 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 58,335 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 282.3 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,578 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 17.4 % (2023)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,573 kcal/cap/d (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in High-income economies?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in High-income economies was 2,513 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 High-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 2,513 kcal/cap/d in 2006.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in High-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,504 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does High-income economies rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- High-income economies ranks 7th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in High-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this High-income economies 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.