Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,251 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Papua New Guinea, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 2,251 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.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Papua New Guinea peaked at 2,251 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,174 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Papua New Guinea 154th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,174 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,176 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,182 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,185 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,188 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,191 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,194 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,197 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 2,200 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,203 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,207 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,210 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,213 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,216 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,219 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,222 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,225 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,229 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,232 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,235 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,238 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,241 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,244 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,248 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,251 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,187 kcal/cap/d | 2,174 kcal/cap/d | 2,200 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,218 kcal/cap/d | 2,203 kcal/cap/d | 2,232 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,243 kcal/cap/d | 2,235 kcal/cap/d | 2,251 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Papua New Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.3264 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1702 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 495.76 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8422 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 17.02 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.02 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Papua New Guinea?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Papua New Guinea was 2,251 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,251 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,174 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 154th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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.