Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and the Caribbean: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,409 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Latin America and the Caribbean, 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 Latin America and the Caribbean stood at 2,409 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Latin America and the Caribbean peaked at 2,409 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,322 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 17th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Latin America and the Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,322 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,327 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,332 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,338 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,343 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,349 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,354 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,359 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,364 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,368 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,375 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,379 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,381 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,384 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,388 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,390 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,392 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,394 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,397 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,400 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,402 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,407 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,409 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,346 kcal/cap/d | 2,322 kcal/cap/d | 2,368 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,384 kcal/cap/d | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | 2,394 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,403 kcal/cap/d | 2,397 kcal/cap/d | 2,409 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean
- 14 Czechia 2,537 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Kuwait 2,537 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Melanesia 2,260 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,253 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Bahrain 2,534 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Slovakia 2,534 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 2,250 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 Italy 2,533 kcal/cap/d compare
- 18 United Republic of Tanzania 2,203 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Cyprus 2,531 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Austria 2,529 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,132 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,861 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 13 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 8.8 % (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 31.5 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Latin America and the Caribbean was 2,409 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 Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 2,409 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,322 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Latin America and the Caribbean ranks 17th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean 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.