Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Upper-middle-income economies
Upper-middle-income economies: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,432 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Upper-middle-income economies, 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 Upper-middle-income economies is 2,432 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Upper-middle-income economies peaked at 2,432 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,379 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Upper-middle-income economies ranks 12th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Upper-middle-income economies, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,379 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,392 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,398 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,404 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,408 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,412 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,414 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,415 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,415 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,416 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,415 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,414 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,412 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,409 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,408 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,407 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,407 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,408 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,412 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 2,416 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,421 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,425 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,429 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,432 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,402 kcal/cap/d | 2,379 kcal/cap/d | 2,415 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,411 kcal/cap/d | 2,407 kcal/cap/d | 2,416 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,422 kcal/cap/d | 2,412 kcal/cap/d | 2,432 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Upper-middle-income economies
- 9 Estonia 2,555 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Switzerland 2,553 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Belgium 2,549 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Cabo Verde 2,454 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 2,307 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Denmark 2,548 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Sweden 2,547 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Czechia 2,537 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Kuwait 2,537 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Upper-middle-income economies
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,878 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 20 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 16.7 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 8.6 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 10.8 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 21,738 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 361.7 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,287 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 20.1 % (2023)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,293 kcal/cap/d (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Upper-middle-income economies?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Upper-middle-income economies was 2,432 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 Upper-middle-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 2,432 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Upper-middle-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,379 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Upper-middle-income economies rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Upper-middle-income economies ranks 12th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Upper-middle-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Upper-middle-income economies 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.