Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Eastern Africa
Eastern Africa: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,734 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Eastern 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 Eastern Africa stood at 1,734 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Eastern Africa peaked at 1,734 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,655 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Eastern Africa 35th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Eastern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,655 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,657 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,658 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,660 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,662 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,663 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,665 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,667 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,669 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,671 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,674 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,678 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,683 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,686 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,691 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,695 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,700 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,705 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,709 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,714 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,718 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,722 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,726 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,729 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,731 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,734 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,663 kcal/cap/d | 1,655 kcal/cap/d | 1,671 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,694 kcal/cap/d | 1,674 kcal/cap/d | 1,714 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,727 kcal/cap/d | 1,718 kcal/cap/d | 1,734 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Africa
- 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
- 37 Bahamas 1,924 kcal/cap/d compare
- 38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,923 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eastern Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 13.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 7.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -4.63 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 6.26 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1813 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2281 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -0.4094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Oranges — Area harvested 87,521 ha (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Yield/Carcass Weight 3 kg/An (2024)
- Raw hides and skins of goats or kids — Production 135,663 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Eastern Africa?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Eastern Africa was 1,734 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 Eastern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,734 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Eastern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,655 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Eastern Africa rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Eastern Africa ranks 35th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Eastern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern 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.