Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value in Nepal
Nepal: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value was 2,283 kcal/cap/d in 2025. β² Rising
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value in Nepal, 2000β2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Nepal stood at 2,283 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Nepal peaked at 2,283 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,131 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Nepal 142nd out of 180 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 | 2,164 kcal/cap/d | 2,131 kcal/cap/d | 2,207 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,241 kcal/cap/d | 2,217 kcal/cap/d | 2,258 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,278 kcal/cap/d | 2,268 kcal/cap/d | 2,283 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 139 Tajikistan 2,292 kcal/cap/d compare
- 140 Cambodia 2,289 kcal/cap/d compare
- 141 Bangladesh 2,286 kcal/cap/d compare
- 143 Guinea-Bissau 2,277 kcal/cap/d compare
- 144 South Sudan 2,276 kcal/cap/d compare
- 145 Sierra Leone 2,272 kcal/cap/d compare
- 145 Zimbabwe 2,272 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nepal
- Agriculture share gdp 21.56 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 21.56 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.6% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2022)
- Rural population 33.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.8% (2025)
- Rural population 9.77 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 9.81 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 383,285 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Nepal?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in Nepal was 2,283 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 2,283 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,131 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Nepal rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value?
- Nepal ranks 142nd out of 180 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.