Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Africa
Western Africa: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,750 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western 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 Western Africa is 1,750 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 2.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Africa peaked at 1,750 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,692 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Western Africa ranks 32nd of 37 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,692 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,695 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,697 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,699 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,700 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,703 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,706 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,709 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,712 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,716 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,721 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2019 | 1,725 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,729 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,734 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,739 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,743 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,746 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,750 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | 1,692 kcal/cap/d | 1,695 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,709 kcal/cap/d | 1,697 kcal/cap/d | 1,725 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,740 kcal/cap/d | 1,729 kcal/cap/d | 1,750 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Africa
- 29 Bermuda 1,933 kcal/cap/d compare
- 29 Puerto Rico 1,933 kcal/cap/d compare
- 31 Ireland 1,930 kcal/cap/d compare
- 32 France 1,929 kcal/cap/d compare
- 33 Canada 1,928 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 New Zealand 1,925 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 Slovenia 1,925 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,925 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Africa
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate 0.0114 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 3.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 4.07 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 3.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 3.17 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Africa?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Africa was 1,750 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 Western Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,750 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Western Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,692 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Western Africa rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Western Africa ranks 32nd out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Western Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western 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.