Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Rwanda
Rwanda: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,747 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Rwanda, 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 Rwanda stood at 1,747 kcal/cap/d. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Rwanda peaked at 1,747 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,667 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Rwanda ranks 153rd of 181 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Rwanda, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,667 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,672 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,674 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,676 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,677 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,678 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,679 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,680 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,682 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,684 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,687 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,699 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,704 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,709 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,715 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 1,718 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,721 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,724 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,727 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,731 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,734 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,737 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,740 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,743 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,747 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Rwanda compared with similar countries
- Rwanda's 1,747 kcal/cap/d is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,728 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Rwanda's 1,747 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,753 kcal/cap/d, 100% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,677 kcal/cap/d | 1,667 kcal/cap/d | 1,684 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,710 kcal/cap/d | 1,687 kcal/cap/d | 1,727 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,739 kcal/cap/d | 1,731 kcal/cap/d | 1,747 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Rwanda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.79 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.203 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.16 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6953 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6909 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Rwanda?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Rwanda was 1,747 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 1,747 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,667 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Rwanda rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Rwanda ranks 153rd out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.