Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Asia and Northern Africa
Western Asia and Northern Africa: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,828 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Asia and Northern 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 Asia and Northern Africa is 1,828 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia and Northern Africa peaked at 1,828 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,770 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Western Asia and Northern Africa 22nd 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 Western Asia and Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,770 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,774 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,779 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,783 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,787 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,791 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,795 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,799 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,802 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,803 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,805 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,806 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,807 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,807 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,807 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,808 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,808 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,809 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,810 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,811 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,813 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,816 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,819 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,823 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,825 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,828 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,788 kcal/cap/d | 1,770 kcal/cap/d | 1,803 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,808 kcal/cap/d | 1,805 kcal/cap/d | 1,811 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,821 kcal/cap/d | 1,813 kcal/cap/d | 1,828 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia and Northern Africa
- 19 Italy 1,947 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,659 kcal/cap/d compare
- 20 Hungary 1,946 kcal/cap/d compare
- 21 Austria 1,945 kcal/cap/d compare
- 22 Germany 1,944 kcal/cap/d compare
- 23 Greece 1,942 kcal/cap/d compare
- 24 Poland 1,939 kcal/cap/d compare
- 25 Saint Lucia 1,938 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia and Northern Africa
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,365 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 25 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 18.1 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 7.4 % (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 31.6 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 23,360 Int$/cap (2024)
- Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services 91 % (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 119 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,028 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services 61 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia and Northern Africa was 1,828 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 Asia and Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,828 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,770 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Western Asia and Northern Africa rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Western Asia and Northern Africa ranks 22nd out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Western Asia and Northern 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.