Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in China, mainland
China, mainland: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,905 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in China, mainland, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 1,905 kcal/cap/d for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value 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 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in China, mainland peaked at 1,905 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,864 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places China, mainland 62nd out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in China, mainland, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,864 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,869 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,876 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,881 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,886 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,889 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,892 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,893 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,893 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,893 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,892 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,892 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,890 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,887 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,886 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,884 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,883 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,880 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,880 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,882 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,885 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,891 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,895 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,899 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,902 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,884 kcal/cap/d | 1,864 kcal/cap/d | 1,893 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,886 kcal/cap/d | 1,880 kcal/cap/d | 1,892 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,896 kcal/cap/d | 1,885 kcal/cap/d | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 59 Oman 1,907 kcal/cap/d compare
- 60 China, Taiwan Province of 1,906 kcal/cap/d compare
- 60 French Polynesia 1,906 kcal/cap/d compare
- 62 Argentina 1,905 kcal/cap/d compare
- 62 Chile 1,905 kcal/cap/d compare
- 62 China (People’s Republic of) 1,905 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.266 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 0.5317 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.2639 % change on previous year (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 2.26 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 61.61 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.09 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in China, mainland?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in China, mainland was 1,905 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 China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,905 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,864 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does China, mainland rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- China, mainland ranks 62nd out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this China, mainland 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.