Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,903 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Saudi Arabia, 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 Saudi Arabia is 1,903 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Saudi Arabia peaked at 1,903 kcal/cap/d in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,762 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Saudi Arabia ranks 67th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,762 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,774 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,786 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,799 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,813 kcal/cap/d | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 1,825 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,837 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,848 kcal/cap/d | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 1,858 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,867 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,874 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,881 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,887 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,892 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,895 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,899 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,901 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,896 kcal/cap/d | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,889 kcal/cap/d | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,887 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,890 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,893 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,899 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,902 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,903 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,903 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,817 kcal/cap/d | 1,762 kcal/cap/d | 1,867 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,890 kcal/cap/d | 1,874 kcal/cap/d | 1,901 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,898 kcal/cap/d | 1,890 kcal/cap/d | 1,903 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 66 Montenegro 1,904 kcal/cap/d compare
- 68 Costa Rica 1,901 kcal/cap/d compare
- 68 Latvia 1,901 kcal/cap/d compare
- 70 Georgia 1,900 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 2.59 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 2.59 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Saudi Arabia?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Saudi Arabia was 1,903 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,903 kcal/cap/d in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,762 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 67th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.