Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,738 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sub-Saharan 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 Sub-Saharan Africa is 1,738 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% on the previous year and up 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 1,738 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,684 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Sub-Saharan Africa 34th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,684 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,686 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,686 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,687 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,689 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,689 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,690 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,690 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,691 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,692 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,695 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,698 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,700 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,703 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,706 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,709 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,712 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,716 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,719 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,723 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,727 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,730 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,735 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,738 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,688 kcal/cap/d | 1,684 kcal/cap/d | 1,692 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,705 kcal/cap/d | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | 1,719 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,731 kcal/cap/d | 1,723 kcal/cap/d | 1,738 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Sub-Saharan Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.7 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5534 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1791 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 299.6 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.53 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 395.96 billion current US$ (2025)
- Rural population 731.42 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.5% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Sub-Saharan Africa was 1,738 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,738 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,684 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 34th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan 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.