Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value in World
World: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value was 2,379 kcal/cap/d in 2025. β¬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β Value in World, 2000β2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in World stood at 2,379 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in World peaked at 2,379 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,330 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
World ranks 20th of 40 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,345 kcal/cap/d | 2,330 kcal/cap/d | 2,355 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,358 kcal/cap/d | 2,356 kcal/cap/d | 2,362 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | 2,365 kcal/cap/d | 2,379 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Rural population 3.46 billion (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.0% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.75 trillion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas β Production 139.41 million t (2024)
- Bananas β Area harvested 5.88 million ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco β Production 6.05 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in World?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value in World was 2,379 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) β value recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 2,379 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,330 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does World rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value?
- World ranks 20th out of 40 groups with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) β value rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this World 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) β 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.