Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Niger
Niger: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,191 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Niger, 2000–2025
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) — value in Niger is 2,191 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Niger peaked at 2,191 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,132 kcal/cap/d, in 2008.
Niger ranks 174th of 181 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Niger, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,148 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,145 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,142 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,140 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,138 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,136 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,134 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,133 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,132 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,132 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,132 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,132 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,134 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,136 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,138 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,141 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,145 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,149 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,154 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,159 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,164 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,170 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,176 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,181 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,186 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,191 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Niger compared with similar countries
- Niger's 2,191 kcal/cap/d is below the median for low income countries, which is 2,225 kcal/cap/d, 98% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Niger's 2,191 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,264 kcal/cap/d, 97% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,138 kcal/cap/d | 2,132 kcal/cap/d | 2,148 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,142 kcal/cap/d | 2,132 kcal/cap/d | 2,159 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,178 kcal/cap/d | 2,164 kcal/cap/d | 2,191 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Niger
More agriculture & rural data for Niger
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.4759 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.98 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0011 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8163 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 47.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 47.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Niger?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Niger was 2,191 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 Niger?
- The highest recorded value was 2,191 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Niger?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,132 kcal/cap/d in 2008.
- How does Niger rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Niger ranks 174th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Niger?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Niger 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.