Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central Asia and Southern Asia
Central Asia and Southern Asia: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,797 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central Asia and Southern Asia, 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 Central Asia and Southern Asia stood at 1,797 kcal/cap/d. 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 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central Asia and Southern Asia peaked at 1,797 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,716 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Central Asia and Southern Asia 26th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Central Asia and Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,716 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,721 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,726 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,731 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,736 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,741 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,746 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,749 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,752 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,756 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,759 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,762 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,764 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,767 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,770 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,772 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,775 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,777 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,780 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,783 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,785 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,788 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,790 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,793 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,794 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,797 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,737 kcal/cap/d | 1,716 kcal/cap/d | 1,756 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,771 kcal/cap/d | 1,759 kcal/cap/d | 1,783 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,791 kcal/cap/d | 1,785 kcal/cap/d | 1,797 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia and Southern Asia
- 23 Greece 1,942 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Poland 1,939 kcal/cap/d compare
- 25 Saint Lucia 1,938 kcal/cap/d compare
- 26 Jamaica 1,937 kcal/cap/d compare
- 26 Spain 1,937 kcal/cap/d compare
- 28 Ukraine 1,935 kcal/cap/d compare
- 29 Bermuda 1,933 kcal/cap/d compare
- 29 Côte d'Ivoire 1,765 kcal/cap/d compare
- 29 Puerto Rico 1,933 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central Asia and Southern Asia
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,324 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 10 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 30.2 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 3.3 % (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 11.1 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 9,769 Int$/cap (2024)
- Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services 81 % (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 161.2 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,703 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services 58 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central Asia and Southern Asia?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Central Asia and Southern Asia was 1,797 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 Asia and Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,797 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Central Asia and Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,716 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Central Asia and Southern Asia rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Central Asia and Southern Asia ranks 26th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Central Asia and Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Central Asia and Southern Asia 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.