Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Europe
Western Europe: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,529 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Europe, 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 Western Europe is 2,529 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025.
The figure is down 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Europe peaked at 2,536 kcal/cap/d in 2006 and was at its lowest, 2,528 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
Western Europe ranks 3rd of 37 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,532 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,532 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,533 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,535 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,535 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,536 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,536 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,536 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,535 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,533 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,532 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,531 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,531 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,530 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,529 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,528 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,528 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,528 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 2,529 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | 2,532 kcal/cap/d | 2,536 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,533 kcal/cap/d | 2,531 kcal/cap/d | 2,534 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,529 kcal/cap/d | 2,528 kcal/cap/d | 2,530 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 1 Qatar 2,641 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 2,617 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,580 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Luxembourg 2,569 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Finland 2,568 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Norway 2,563 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.437 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 6.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 7.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.9364 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 0.9254 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Europe?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Europe was 2,529 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 2,536 kcal/cap/d in 2006.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,528 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does Western Europe rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Western Europe ranks 3rd out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Europe 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.