Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South Sudan
South Sudan: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,276 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South Sudan, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South Sudan stood at 2,276 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South Sudan peaked at 2,276 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,134 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places South Sudan 145th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,134 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,135 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,136 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,139 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,143 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,149 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,157 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 2,164 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,171 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 2,177 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 2,185 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 2,193 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 2,198 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,200 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,195 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,192 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,191 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,183 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 2,192 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 2,212 kcal/cap/d | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 2,228 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 2,239 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 2,249 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 2,260 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 2,269 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 2,276 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,150 kcal/cap/d | 2,134 kcal/cap/d | 2,177 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,194 kcal/cap/d | 2,183 kcal/cap/d | 2,212 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,254 kcal/cap/d | 2,228 kcal/cap/d | 2,276 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 142 Bangladesh 2,286 kcal/cap/d compare
- 143 Nepal 2,283 kcal/cap/d compare
- 144 Guinea-Bissau 2,277 kcal/cap/d compare
- 146 Sierra Leone 2,272 kcal/cap/d compare
- 146 Zimbabwe 2,272 kcal/cap/d compare
- 148 Cameroon 2,269 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.13 % change on previous year (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 111.85 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1036 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7832 units per person (2025)
- Rural population 78.3% (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.36 (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.24 billion current US$ (2015)
- Rural population 9.55 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South Sudan?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South Sudan was 2,276 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 Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,276 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,134 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does South Sudan rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- South Sudan ranks 145th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.