Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in High-income economies
High-income economies: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,934 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in High-income economies, 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 High-income economies is 1,934 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in High-income economies peaked at 1,935 kcal/cap/d in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,929 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
High-income economies ranks 6th of 37 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in High-income economies, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,929 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,930 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,931 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,934 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,934 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,935 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,935 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,934 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,932 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,932 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,931 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,931 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,931 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,930 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,930 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,929 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,930 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,930 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,931 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,932 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1,934 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | 1,929 kcal/cap/d | 1,935 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,931 kcal/cap/d | 1,929 kcal/cap/d | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,932 kcal/cap/d | 1,930 kcal/cap/d | 1,934 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near High-income economies
More agriculture & rural data for High-income economies
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,513 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 9 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 24.7 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 8.4 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 4 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 58,335 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 282.3 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,578 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 17.4 % (2023)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,573 kcal/cap/d (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in High-income economies?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in High-income economies was 1,934 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 High-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 1,935 kcal/cap/d in 2006.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in High-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,929 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does High-income economies rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- High-income economies ranks 6th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in High-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this High-income economies 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.