Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value in Malawi
Malawi: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value was 2,224 kcal/cap/d in 2025. β² Rising
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value in Malawi, 2000β2025
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) β value in Malawi is 2,224 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 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Malawi peaked at 2,224 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,112 kcal/cap/d, in 2004.
Malawi ranks 168th of 180 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,116 kcal/cap/d | 2,112 kcal/cap/d | 2,119 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,148 kcal/cap/d | 2,122 kcal/cap/d | 2,183 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,208 kcal/cap/d | 2,190 kcal/cap/d | 2,224 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Malawi
- Agriculture share gdp 30.03 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 30.03 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.7% (2024)
- Rural population 82.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Rural population 18.31 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 30.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.48 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 1.13 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Malawi?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Malawi was 2,224 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) β value recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 2,224 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,112 kcal/cap/d in 2004.
- How does Malawi rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value?
- Malawi ranks 168th out of 180 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi 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) β Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.