Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Malta
Malta: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,967 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Malta, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Malta recorded 1,967 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Malta peaked at 1,967 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,936 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Malta 7th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Malta, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,936 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,940 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,944 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,948 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,950 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,952 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,953 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,954 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,954 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,953 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,952 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,952 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,950 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,950 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,949 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,949 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,949 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,950 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,954 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,960 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,965 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,966 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,966 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,966 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,966 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1,967 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Malta compared with similar countries
- Malta's 1,967 kcal/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,928 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Malta's 1,967 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,843 kcal/cap/d, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,948 kcal/cap/d | 1,936 kcal/cap/d | 1,954 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,952 kcal/cap/d | 1,949 kcal/cap/d | 1,960 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,966 kcal/cap/d | 1,965 kcal/cap/d | 1,967 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 4 Luxembourg 1,976 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 1,857 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Finland 1,971 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Norway 1,968 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Estonia 1,966 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Iceland 1,966 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 1,836 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,835 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,830 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Switzerland 1,963 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Malta
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0047 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 224.75 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0432 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Malta?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Malta was 1,967 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 Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 1,967 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,936 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Malta rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Malta ranks 7th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Malta 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.