Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,366 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic is 2,366 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 2,366 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,224 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th of 20 regions on this measure, 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,224 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,231 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,239 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 2,248 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 2,256 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 2,264 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 2,275 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 2,286 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 2,296 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 2,304 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,312 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 2,318 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 2,324 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,329 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,333 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,337 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,339 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,342 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,344 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,347 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,350 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,353 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,356 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,360 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,363 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,366 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,262 kcal/cap/d | 2,224 kcal/cap/d | 2,304 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,332 kcal/cap/d | 2,312 kcal/cap/d | 2,347 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,358 kcal/cap/d | 2,350 kcal/cap/d | 2,366 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 7 Iceland 2,560 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Malta 2,559 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Estonia 2,555 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 Denmark 2,548 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Sweden 2,547 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 5.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 5.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 5.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 5.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 13.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.7722 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 5.05 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 2,366 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 2,366 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,224 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th out of 20 regions with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic 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.