Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Zambia
Zambia: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,232 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Zambia, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 2,232 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 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Zambia peaked at 2,232 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,124 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Zambia ranks 166th of 181 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,136 kcal/cap/d | 2,124 kcal/cap/d | 2,151 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,173 kcal/cap/d | 2,154 kcal/cap/d | 2,198 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,218 kcal/cap/d | 2,204 kcal/cap/d | 2,232 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Zambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 65.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0411 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 54.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5408 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.11 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.11 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Zambia?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Zambia was 2,232 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,232 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,124 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Zambia rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Zambia ranks 166th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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.