Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central America
Central America: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,837 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central America, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central America is 1,837 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central America peaked at 1,837 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,761 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Central America ranks 21st of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,761 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,764 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,768 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,771 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,775 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,779 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,782 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,786 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,789 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,794 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,797 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,799 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,803 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,805 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,807 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,810 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,813 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,816 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,819 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,821 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,824 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,827 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,829 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,831 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,834 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,837 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,777 kcal/cap/d | 1,761 kcal/cap/d | 1,794 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,809 kcal/cap/d | 1,797 kcal/cap/d | 1,821 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,830 kcal/cap/d | 1,824 kcal/cap/d | 1,837 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.5695 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Area harvested 167,359 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Yield/Carcass Weight 4 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Production 12,410 t (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of sheep or lambs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 3.52 million An (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 1.12 million t (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Yield 6,716 kg/ha (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals 5.49 million An (2024)
- Oranges — Area harvested 416,734 ha (2024)
- Oranges — Production 5.60 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central America?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central America was 1,837 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,837 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,761 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Central America rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Central America ranks 21st out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Central America 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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