Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Low-income economies
Low-income economies: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,210 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Low-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 Low-income economies stood at 2,210 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Low-income economies peaked at 2,210 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,146 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Low-income economies 37th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Low-income economies, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,146 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,148 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,150 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,152 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,154 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,156 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,158 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,161 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,163 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 2,164 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,166 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,169 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,170 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,171 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,172 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,174 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,177 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,181 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,185 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,189 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,192 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,196 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,199 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,203 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,206 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,210 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,155 kcal/cap/d | 2,146 kcal/cap/d | 2,164 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,175 kcal/cap/d | 2,166 kcal/cap/d | 2,189 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,201 kcal/cap/d | 2,192 kcal/cap/d | 2,210 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low-income economies
- 34 Bahamas 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 New Zealand 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 Slovenia 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 38 Grenada 2,498 kcal/cap/d compare
- 39 Australia 2,496 kcal/cap/d compare
- 39 Australia and New Zealand 2,496 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Low-income economies
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,715 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 13 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 10.1 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 3.5 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 35.8 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 2,253 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 39.8 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,263 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 35.7 % (2023)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,262 kcal/cap/d (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Low-income economies?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Low-income economies was 2,210 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 Low-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 2,210 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Low-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,146 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Low-income economies rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Low-income economies ranks 37th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Low-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Low-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.