Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Northern America and Europe
Northern America and Europe: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,945 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Northern America and Europe, 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 Northern America and Europe is 1,945 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of 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 Northern America and Europe peaked at 1,950 kcal/cap/d in 2004 and was at its lowest, 1,940 kcal/cap/d, in 2018.
That places Northern America and Europe 3rd out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Northern America and Europe, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,944 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,946 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,947 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,949 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,950 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,950 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,950 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,950 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,948 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,947 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,946 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,945 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,944 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,943 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,942 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,942 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,941 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,941 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,940 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,941 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,941 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,942 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,943 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,944 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,944 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1,945 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,948 kcal/cap/d | 1,944 kcal/cap/d | 1,950 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,942 kcal/cap/d | 1,940 kcal/cap/d | 1,946 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,943 kcal/cap/d | 1,941 kcal/cap/d | 1,945 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Northern America and Europe
- 1 Qatar 2,024 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Republic of Moldova 1,894 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Türkiye 1,880 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 2,007 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,861 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,980 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Polynesia 1,861 kcal/cap/d compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Northern America and Europe
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,528 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 7 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 3.8 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 8.6 % (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 26.5 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 57,563 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 240.7 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,666 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 17.3 % (2023)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,662 kcal/cap/d (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Northern America and Europe?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Northern America and Europe was 1,945 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 Northern America and Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,950 kcal/cap/d in 2004.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Northern America and Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,940 kcal/cap/d in 2018.
- How does Northern America and Europe rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Northern America and Europe ranks 3rd out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Northern America and Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Northern America and Europe 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.