Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,324 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sri Lanka, 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 Sri Lanka stood at 2,324 kcal/cap/d. 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 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sri Lanka peaked at 2,324 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,293 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Sri Lanka ranks 120th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,293 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,298 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 2,301 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,303 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,305 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 2,307 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 2,308 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,307 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,305 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 2,304 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,302 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,301 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,301 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,300 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,301 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,302 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,304 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,307 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,309 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 2,311 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,314 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,316 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,318 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,320 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,322 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,324 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,303 kcal/cap/d | 2,293 kcal/cap/d | 2,308 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,304 kcal/cap/d | 2,300 kcal/cap/d | 2,311 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,319 kcal/cap/d | 2,314 kcal/cap/d | 2,324 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 8.36 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 8.36 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sri Lanka?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sri Lanka was 2,324 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 2,324 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,293 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Sri Lanka ranks 120th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.