Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,936 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Europe, 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 Europe stood at 1,936 kcal/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Europe peaked at 1,938 kcal/cap/d in 2003 and was at its lowest, 1,933 kcal/cap/d, in 2011.
That places Southern Europe 5th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Europe, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,937 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,937 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,937 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,938 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,938 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,938 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,938 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,937 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,936 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,935 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,934 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,934 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,934 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,935 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,935 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,936 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,936 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,937 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,936 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,937 kcal/cap/d | 1,935 kcal/cap/d | 1,938 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | 1,933 kcal/cap/d | 1,934 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,936 kcal/cap/d | 1,935 kcal/cap/d | 1,937 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Southern Europe
- 2 United Arab Emirates 2,007 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,980 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Luxembourg 1,976 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Finland 1,971 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Norway 1,968 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Malta 1,967 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Estonia 1,966 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Iceland 1,966 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Europe
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate 2.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 1.92 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 0.8895 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate 0.8895 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.1 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 0.8895 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Europe?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Europe was 1,936 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,938 kcal/cap/d in 2003.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,933 kcal/cap/d in 2011.
- How does Southern Europe rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Southern Europe ranks 5th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.