Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Samoa
Samoa: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,823 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Samoa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Samoa recorded 1,823 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.
That represents a change of up 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Samoa peaked at 1,823 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,742 kcal/cap/d, in 2001.
That places Samoa 104th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Samoa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,743 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,742 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,743 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,747 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,751 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,754 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,763 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,771 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,778 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,784 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,789 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1,793 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,798 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,804 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,809 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,813 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,812 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,812 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,811 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,810 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,809 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,809 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,811 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,814 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,818 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,823 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 1,823 kcal/cap/d is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,858 kcal/cap/d, 98% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 1,823 kcal/cap/d is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,815 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,758 kcal/cap/d | 1,742 kcal/cap/d | 1,784 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,805 kcal/cap/d | 1,789 kcal/cap/d | 1,813 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,814 kcal/cap/d | 1,809 kcal/cap/d | 1,823 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Samoa?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Samoa was 1,823 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,823 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,742 kcal/cap/d in 2001.
- How does Samoa rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Samoa ranks 104th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Samoa 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.