Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Africa
Western Africa: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,258 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Western Africa recorded 2,258 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 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Africa peaked at 2,258 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,178 kcal/cap/d, in 2008.
Western Africa ranks 32nd of 37 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,180 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,178 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,180 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,183 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,185 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,188 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,191 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,194 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,198 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 2,203 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 2,209 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 2,215 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,221 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,227 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 2,234 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,241 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 2,247 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 2,253 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2025 | 2,258 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,179 kcal/cap/d | 2,178 kcal/cap/d | 2,180 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,199 kcal/cap/d | 2,183 kcal/cap/d | 2,221 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,243 kcal/cap/d | 2,227 kcal/cap/d | 2,258 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 30 Ukraine 2,510 kcal/cap/d compare
- 31 France 2,509 kcal/cap/d compare
- 32 Canada 2,508 kcal/cap/d compare
- 33 Ireland 2,507 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 Bahamas 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 New Zealand 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 Slovenia 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2,500 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -4.71 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.0114 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate -7.53 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Africa?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Africa was 2,258 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,258 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,178 kcal/cap/d in 2008.
- How does Western Africa rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Western Africa ranks 32nd out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western 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.