Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,187 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Vanuatu, 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 Vanuatu stood at 2,187 kcal/cap/d. 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 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Vanuatu peaked at 2,187 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,150 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Vanuatu 175th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,150 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,156 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,162 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,168 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,174 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,178 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,182 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,185 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 2,186 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,185 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,184 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,181 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,177 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,174 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,170 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,167 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,164 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,162 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,162 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,163 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,166 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,168 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,172 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,177 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,182 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,187 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 2,187 kcal/cap/d is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 2,302 kcal/cap/d, 95% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 2,187 kcal/cap/d is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2,344 kcal/cap/d, 93% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,173 kcal/cap/d | 2,150 kcal/cap/d | 2,186 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,170 kcal/cap/d | 2,162 kcal/cap/d | 2,184 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,175 kcal/cap/d | 2,166 kcal/cap/d | 2,187 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Vanuatu
More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Vanuatu?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Vanuatu was 2,187 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 Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 2,187 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,150 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Vanuatu rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Vanuatu ranks 175th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.