Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Asia and Northern Africa
Western Asia and Northern Africa: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,365 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Asia and Northern Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Western Asia and Northern Africa recorded 2,365 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia and Northern Africa peaked at 2,365 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,286 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Western Asia and Northern Africa 22nd out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Asia and Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,286 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,293 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,299 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,306 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,311 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,316 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,322 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 2,327 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,331 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,333 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 2,335 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 2,336 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,337 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,337 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,336 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,336 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,337 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,337 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,338 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,340 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,343 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,347 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 2,352 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,357 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,361 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 2,365 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,312 kcal/cap/d | 2,286 kcal/cap/d | 2,333 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,337 kcal/cap/d | 2,335 kcal/cap/d | 2,340 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,354 kcal/cap/d | 2,343 kcal/cap/d | 2,365 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia and Northern Africa
- 19 Cyprus 2,531 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Austria 2,529 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,132 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Hungary 2,528 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Germany 2,527 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 Greece 2,525 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Jamaica 2,519 kcal/cap/d compare
- 25 Saint Lucia 2,518 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia and Northern Africa
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,828 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 25 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 18.1 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 7.4 % (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 31.6 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 23,360 Int$/cap (2024)
- Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services 91 % (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 119 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,028 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services 61 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia and Northern Africa was 2,365 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 Asia and Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2,365 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,286 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Western Asia and Northern Africa rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Western Asia and Northern Africa ranks 22nd out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Asia and Northern 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.