Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Asia
Western Asia: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,385 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Asia, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 2,385 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 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia peaked at 2,385 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,281 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Western Asia ranks 18th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,281 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,288 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 2,295 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 2,302 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 2,310 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 2,317 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 2,326 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 2,334 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 2,340 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 2,344 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,349 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,352 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 2,355 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 2,356 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,356 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,358 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 2,360 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 2,361 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,361 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,363 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 2,366 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,369 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 2,374 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 2,379 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,382 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,385 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,314 kcal/cap/d | 2,281 kcal/cap/d | 2,344 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,357 kcal/cap/d | 2,349 kcal/cap/d | 2,363 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,376 kcal/cap/d | 2,366 kcal/cap/d | 2,385 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia was 2,385 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?
- The highest recorded value was 2,385 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,281 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Western Asia rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Western Asia ranks 18th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Asia 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.