Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South Africa
South Africa: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,392 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
South Africa recorded 2,392 kcal/cap/d for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025.
The figure is up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South Africa peaked at 2,399 kcal/cap/d in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,356 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
South Africa ranks 94th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,356 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,366 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 2,376 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 2,385 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 2,392 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,396 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,399 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,397 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,393 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,389 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,383 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,380 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,378 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,375 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,374 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,369 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,370 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,376 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,382 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,388 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,389 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,391 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,392 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2,392 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,385 kcal/cap/d | 2,356 kcal/cap/d | 2,399 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,377 kcal/cap/d | 2,369 kcal/cap/d | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,390 kcal/cap/d | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | 2,392 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South Africa?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South Africa was 2,392 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,399 kcal/cap/d in 2006.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,356 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does South Africa rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- South Africa ranks 94th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South 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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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.