Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in United States of America
United States of America: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,972 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in United States of America, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
United States of America recorded 1,972 kcal/cap/d for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value 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 United States of America peaked at 1,972 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,964 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places United States of America 1st out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in United States of America, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,964 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,966 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,967 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,967 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,968 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,969 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,969 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,968 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,967 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,966 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,966 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,967 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,967 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,968 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,968 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,968 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,968 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,968 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,969 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,970 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,970 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,971 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,972 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,972 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,972 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1,972 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,967 kcal/cap/d | 1,964 kcal/cap/d | 1,969 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,968 kcal/cap/d | 1,966 kcal/cap/d | 1,970 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,972 kcal/cap/d | 1,970 kcal/cap/d | 1,972 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States of America
- 1 Qatar 2,024 kcal/cap/d compare
- 1 Republic of Moldova 1,894 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Türkiye 1,880 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 2,007 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,861 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,980 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Polynesia 1,861 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Luxembourg 1,976 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Citrus Fruit, Total — Production, annual growth rate 6.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 1.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Production, annual growth rate -1.02 % change on previous year (2024)
- Eggs Primary — Laying, annual growth rate -2.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.2185 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.9305 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.7136 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -0.0434 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat, Poultry — Production, annual growth rate 0.467 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in United States of America?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in United States of America was 1,972 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 United States of America?
- The highest recorded value was 1,972 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in United States of America?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,964 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does United States of America rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- United States of America ranks 1st out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in United States of America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this United States of America 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.