Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Chad
Chad: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,711 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Chad, 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 Chad is 1,711 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Chad peaked at 1,711 kcal/cap/d in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,673 kcal/cap/d, in 2001.
That places Chad 171st out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Chad, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,674 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,673 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,673 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,676 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,680 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,679 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,679 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,678 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,678 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,679 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,679 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,680 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,680 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,682 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,684 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,684 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,685 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,687 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,690 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,692 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,694 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,697 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,700 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,705 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 1,711 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2025 | 1,711 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 1,711 kcal/cap/d is below the median for low income countries, which is 1,728 kcal/cap/d, 99% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Chad's 1,711 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,753 kcal/cap/d, 98% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,677 kcal/cap/d | 1,673 kcal/cap/d | 1,680 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,684 kcal/cap/d | 1,679 kcal/cap/d | 1,692 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,703 kcal/cap/d | 1,694 kcal/cap/d | 1,711 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Chad
More agriculture & rural data for Chad
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3634 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 371.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0007 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7243 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 36.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 36.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 66.9% (1975)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (1995)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Chad?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Chad was 1,711 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 Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 1,711 kcal/cap/d in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,673 kcal/cap/d in 2001.
- How does Chad rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Chad ranks 171st out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Chad 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.