Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sao Tome and Principe
Sao Tome and Principe: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,781 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sao Tome and Principe, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Sao Tome and Principe recorded 1,781 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 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sao Tome and Principe peaked at 1,781 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,732 kcal/cap/d, in 2004.
That places Sao Tome and Principe 136th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sao Tome and Principe, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,735 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,736 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,734 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,732 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,732 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,732 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,732 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,732 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,735 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,738 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,739 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,739 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,741 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,743 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,747 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,751 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,756 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,761 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,766 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,770 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,774 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,776 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,779 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,781 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | 1,732 kcal/cap/d | 1,736 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,745 kcal/cap/d | 1,735 kcal/cap/d | 1,761 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,774 kcal/cap/d | 1,766 kcal/cap/d | 1,781 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sao Tome and Principe
- 133 Lesotho 1,788 kcal/cap/d compare
- 134 Equatorial Guinea 1,785 kcal/cap/d compare
- 135 Honduras 1,783 kcal/cap/d compare
- 137 Philippines 1,780 kcal/cap/d compare
- 138 Burkina Faso 1,778 kcal/cap/d compare
- 138 Tajikistan 1,778 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sao Tome and Principe
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1219 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 497.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3083 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 12.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 12.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sao Tome and Principe was 1,781 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 Sao Tome and Principe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,781 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Sao Tome and Principe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,732 kcal/cap/d in 2004.
- How does Sao Tome and Principe rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 136th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Sao Tome and Principe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sao Tome and Principe 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.