Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South Africa
South Africa: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,849 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South Africa, 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 South Africa is 1,849 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South Africa peaked at 1,852 kcal/cap/d in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,823 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
South Africa ranks 92nd of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in South Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,823 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,830 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1,837 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 1,843 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,847 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,850 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,852 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,850 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,847 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,844 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,842 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,840 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,838 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,837 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,836 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,835 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,832 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,834 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,838 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,841 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,844 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,846 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,847 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,848 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,849 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,849 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,842 kcal/cap/d | 1,823 kcal/cap/d | 1,852 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,837 kcal/cap/d | 1,832 kcal/cap/d | 1,842 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,847 kcal/cap/d | 1,844 kcal/cap/d | 1,849 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More agriculture & rural data for South Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0283 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 186.56 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.812 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3618 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South Africa?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in South Africa was 1,849 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,852 kcal/cap/d in 2006.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,823 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does South Africa rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- South Africa ranks 92nd out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this South Africa 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.