Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,383 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa is 2,383 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Africa peaked at 2,386 kcal/cap/d in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,344 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Southern Africa 19th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,344 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,353 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 2,362 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 2,371 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 2,378 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,383 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 2,384 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,381 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 2,378 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,375 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,369 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,368 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,366 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,365 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,361 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,362 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,368 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,373 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,376 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,378 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,380 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,381 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,383 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,383 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | 2,344 kcal/cap/d | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,368 kcal/cap/d | 2,361 kcal/cap/d | 2,375 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,380 kcal/cap/d | 2,376 kcal/cap/d | 2,383 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Africa?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Africa was 2,383 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,386 kcal/cap/d in 2006.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,344 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Southern Africa rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Southern Africa ranks 19th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern 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.