Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,843 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Africa, 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 Southern Africa stood at 1,843 kcal/cap/d. 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 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Africa peaked at 1,843 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,814 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Southern Africa 18th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,814 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,820 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,826 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,832 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,837 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,840 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,841 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,840 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,838 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,835 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,833 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,832 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,831 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,830 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,829 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,829 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,826 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,827 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,831 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,835 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,837 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,838 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,839 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,842 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,842 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1,843 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,832 kcal/cap/d | 1,814 kcal/cap/d | 1,841 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,830 kcal/cap/d | 1,826 kcal/cap/d | 1,835 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,840 kcal/cap/d | 1,837 kcal/cap/d | 1,843 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Africa?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Africa was 1,843 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,843 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,814 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Southern Africa rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Southern Africa ranks 18th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern 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.