Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,341 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Northern Africa, 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 Northern Africa stood at 2,341 kcal/cap/d. 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 Northern Africa peaked at 2,341 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,291 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Northern Africa ranks 23rd of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,291 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,298 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,305 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,310 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 2,313 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,315 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,318 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,320 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,321 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,321 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,320 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,318 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,316 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,315 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,313 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,311 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,310 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,311 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,312 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,315 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,318 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,322 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,326 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,331 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,336 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,341 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,311 kcal/cap/d | 2,291 kcal/cap/d | 2,321 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,314 kcal/cap/d | 2,310 kcal/cap/d | 2,320 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,329 kcal/cap/d | 2,318 kcal/cap/d | 2,341 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Northern Africa?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Northern Africa was 2,341 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 Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,341 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,291 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Northern Africa rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Northern Africa ranks 23rd out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern Africa 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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