Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Africa
Africa: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,751 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Africa stood at 1,751 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Africa peaked at 1,751 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,703 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Africa 31st out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,703 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,705 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,707 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,708 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,709 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,710 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,710 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,711 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,711 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,712 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,713 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,715 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,716 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,718 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,720 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,722 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,724 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,727 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,730 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,736 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,740 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,743 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,746 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,749 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,751 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,709 kcal/cap/d | 1,703 kcal/cap/d | 1,712 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,722 kcal/cap/d | 1,713 kcal/cap/d | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,744 kcal/cap/d | 1,736 kcal/cap/d | 1,751 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 28 Ukraine 1,935 kcal/cap/d compare
- 29 Bermuda 1,933 kcal/cap/d compare
- 29 Puerto Rico 1,933 kcal/cap/d compare
- 31 Ireland 1,930 kcal/cap/d compare
- 32 France 1,929 kcal/cap/d compare
- 33 Canada 1,928 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 New Zealand 1,925 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 Slovenia 1,925 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,925 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.0042 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 3.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 2.29 million ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Africa?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Africa was 1,751 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,751 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,703 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Africa rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Africa ranks 31st out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Minimum 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.