Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,302 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sao Tome and Principe, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 2,302 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 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 2,302 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,232 kcal/cap/d, in 2008.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 136th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,239 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,241 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,238 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,236 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,235 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,235 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,234 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,233 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,232 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,233 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,235 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,239 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,240 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,240 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,242 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,245 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,250 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,257 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,264 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,271 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,278 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,285 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,290 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,294 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,298 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,302 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,236 kcal/cap/d | 2,232 kcal/cap/d | 2,241 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,248 kcal/cap/d | 2,235 kcal/cap/d | 2,271 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,291 kcal/cap/d | 2,278 kcal/cap/d | 2,302 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 134 Equatorial Guinea 2,304 kcal/cap/d compare
- 135 Honduras 2,303 kcal/cap/d compare
- 136 Philippines 2,302 kcal/cap/d compare
- 138 Burkina Faso 2,296 kcal/cap/d compare
- 139 Tokelau 2,295 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1219 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 497.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3083 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sao Tome and Principe was 2,302 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,302 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,232 kcal/cap/d in 2008.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 136th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.