Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,500 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recorded 2,500 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 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 2,500 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,486 kcal/cap/d, in 2015.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 34th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,489 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,495 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,496 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,497 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,498 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,499 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,498 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,496 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 2,495 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,490 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,488 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,487 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,486 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,486 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,486 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,486 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,488 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,489 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,492 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,494 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 2,496 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 2,498 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,500 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,496 kcal/cap/d | 2,489 kcal/cap/d | 2,499 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,488 kcal/cap/d | 2,486 kcal/cap/d | 2,493 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,495 kcal/cap/d | 2,489 kcal/cap/d | 2,500 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 2,500 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,486 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 34th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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.