Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Northern America and Europe
Northern America and Europe: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,528 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Northern America and Europe, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Northern America and Europe recorded 2,528 kcal/cap/d for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Northern America and Europe peaked at 2,534 kcal/cap/d in 2005 and was at its lowest, 2,520 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
That places Northern America and Europe 4th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Northern America and Europe, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,525 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,528 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,530 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,532 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,533 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,533 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,532 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,530 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,528 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,526 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,525 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,524 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,523 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,522 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,521 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,520 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,520 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,521 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,521 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,523 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,524 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,525 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,527 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,528 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,531 kcal/cap/d | 2,525 kcal/cap/d | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,523 kcal/cap/d | 2,520 kcal/cap/d | 2,528 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,525 kcal/cap/d | 2,521 kcal/cap/d | 2,528 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern America and Europe
- 1 Qatar 2,641 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Republic of Moldova 2,451 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Türkiye 2,435 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 2,617 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,580 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Polynesia 2,410 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,404 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Luxembourg 2,569 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2,403 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Finland 2,568 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Norway 2,563 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Iceland 2,560 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 2,386 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America and Europe
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,945 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 7 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 3.8 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 8.6 % (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 26.5 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 57,563 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 240.7 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,666 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 17.3 % (2023)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,662 kcal/cap/d (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Northern America and Europe?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Northern America and Europe was 2,528 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 America and Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,534 kcal/cap/d in 2005.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Northern America and Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,520 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Northern America and Europe rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Northern America and Europe ranks 4th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Northern America and Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern America and Europe 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.