Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Peru
Peru: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,336 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Peru, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Peru recorded 2,336 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Peru peaked at 2,336 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,228 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Peru 120th out of 198 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,256 kcal/cap/d | 2,228 kcal/cap/d | 2,277 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,300 kcal/cap/d | 2,282 kcal/cap/d | 2,319 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,329 kcal/cap/d | 2,322 kcal/cap/d | 2,336 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture share gdp 7.47 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 7.47 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 14.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth -1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 4.98 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 21.80 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 2.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Peru?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Peru was 2,336 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 2,336 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,228 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Peru rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Peru ranks 120th out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Peru 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.