Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,517 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Europe, 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 Europe is 2,517 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Europe peaked at 2,517 kcal/cap/d in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2,507 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
Southern Europe ranks 5th of 37 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,517 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,517 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,517 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,517 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,517 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,517 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,516 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,515 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,514 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,512 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,510 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,509 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,508 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,507 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,507 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,508 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,508 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,509 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,510 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,511 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,514 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,515 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,515 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,516 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2,517 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,516 kcal/cap/d | 2,512 kcal/cap/d | 2,517 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,509 kcal/cap/d | 2,507 kcal/cap/d | 2,511 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,515 kcal/cap/d | 2,513 kcal/cap/d | 2,517 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 2 Türkiye 2,435 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 2,617 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,580 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Luxembourg 2,569 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Finland 2,568 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Norway 2,563 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Iceland 2,560 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Malta 2,559 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Europe
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 0.8895 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 0.8895 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 0.8895 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Europe?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Europe was 2,517 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,517 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,507 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Southern Europe rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Southern Europe ranks 5th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.