Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South America
South America: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,421 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South America, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South America is 2,421 kcal/cap/d, measured 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 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South America peaked at 2,421 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,338 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
South America ranks 16th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,338 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,343 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,348 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,354 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,360 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,366 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,371 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,377 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,382 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,389 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,392 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,395 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,398 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,400 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,402 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,403 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,405 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,406 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,408 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,413 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,415 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,417 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,419 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,421 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,362 kcal/cap/d | 2,338 kcal/cap/d | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,400 kcal/cap/d | 2,389 kcal/cap/d | 2,408 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,416 kcal/cap/d | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | 2,421 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South America?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South America was 2,421 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 America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,421 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,338 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does South America rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- South America ranks 16th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South America 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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