Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 29 kcal/cap/d in 2024. ▲ Rising
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Ethiopia, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 29 kcal/cap/d for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2024.
The figure is up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Ethiopia peaked at 53 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 14 kcal/cap/d, in 2001.
Ethiopia ranks 74th of 147 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 14 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2002 | 18 kcal/cap/d | +28.6% |
| 2003 | 18 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 14 kcal/cap/d | -22.2% |
| 2005 | 27 kcal/cap/d | +92.9% |
| 2006 | 29 kcal/cap/d | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 20 kcal/cap/d | -31.0% |
| 2008 | 17 kcal/cap/d | -15.0% |
| 2009 | 15 kcal/cap/d | -11.8% |
| 2010 | 14 kcal/cap/d | -6.7% |
| 2011 | 14 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 26 kcal/cap/d | +85.7% |
| 2013 | 29 kcal/cap/d | +11.5% |
| 2014 | 26 kcal/cap/d | -10.3% |
| 2015 | 25 kcal/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 53 kcal/cap/d | +112.0% |
| 2017 | 48 kcal/cap/d | -9.4% |
| 2018 | 38 kcal/cap/d | -20.8% |
| 2019 | 29 kcal/cap/d | -23.7% |
| 2020 | 48 kcal/cap/d | +65.5% |
| 2021 | 34 kcal/cap/d | -29.2% |
| 2022 | 33 kcal/cap/d | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 29 kcal/cap/d | -12.1% |
| 2024 | 29 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 19.11 kcal/cap/d | 14 kcal/cap/d | 29 kcal/cap/d | 9 |
| 2010s | 30.2 kcal/cap/d | 14 kcal/cap/d | 53 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 34.6 kcal/cap/d | 29 kcal/cap/d | 48 kcal/cap/d | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 32.82 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 32.82 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Ethiopia?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Ethiopia was 29 kcal/cap/d in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 53 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14 kcal/cap/d in 2001.
- How does Ethiopia rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Ethiopia ranks 74th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Per capita food supply variability (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.