Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Melanesia
Melanesia: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,260 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Melanesia, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded 2,260 kcal/cap/d for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Melanesia peaked at 2,260 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,191 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Melanesia 14th out of 20 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,204 kcal/cap/d | 2,191 kcal/cap/d | 2,216 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,229 kcal/cap/d | 2,218 kcal/cap/d | 2,242 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,252 kcal/cap/d | 2,245 kcal/cap/d | 2,260 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More agriculture & rural data for Melanesia
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.18 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 79,382 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 374.22 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 2.18 million An (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 6,015 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 1.31 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 41 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 89,605 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 504 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 8,430 kg/ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Melanesia?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Melanesia was 2,260 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,260 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,191 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Melanesia rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Melanesia ranks 14th out of 20 regions with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.