Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in United States of America
United States of America: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,570 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in United States of America, 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 United States of America stood at 2,570 kcal/cap/d. 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 United States of America peaked at 2,570 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,552 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places United States of America 1st out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in United States of America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,552 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,554 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,556 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 2,558 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,559 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,560 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,560 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,559 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,558 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,557 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,557 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,558 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,559 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,559 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,560 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,560 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,561 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,562 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,563 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,564 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,566 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,567 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,568 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,568 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,569 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2,570 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,557 kcal/cap/d | 2,552 kcal/cap/d | 2,560 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,560 kcal/cap/d | 2,557 kcal/cap/d | 2,564 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,568 kcal/cap/d | 2,566 kcal/cap/d | 2,570 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 1 Qatar 2,641 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Republic of Moldova 2,451 kcal/cap/d compare
- 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
- 3 Polynesia 2,410 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,404 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Luxembourg 2,569 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production, annual growth rate 6.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate -1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying, annual growth rate -2.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.2185 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.9305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.7136 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -0.0434 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production, annual growth rate 0.467 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in United States of America?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in United States of America was 2,570 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 States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 2,570 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,552 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does United States of America rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- United States of America ranks 1st out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United States of America 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.