Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,242 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Sub-Saharan Africa recorded 2,242 kcal/cap/d for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 2,242 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,167 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 34th of 37 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,167 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,168 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,170 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,171 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,172 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,173 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,174 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,175 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,175 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,177 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,181 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,184 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,188 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,191 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,195 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,199 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,204 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 2,209 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 2,214 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 2,219 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,225 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,229 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,234 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,238 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,242 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,172 kcal/cap/d | 2,167 kcal/cap/d | 2,177 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,194 kcal/cap/d | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | 2,214 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,231 kcal/cap/d | 2,219 kcal/cap/d | 2,242 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5534 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1791 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 299.6 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 395.96 billion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 731.42 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sub-Saharan Africa was 2,242 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,242 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,167 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 34th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan 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.