Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 12 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 12 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is down 36.8% on the previous year and up 200.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 21 kcal/cap/d in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3 kcal/cap/d, in 2007.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 11 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 6 kcal/cap/d | -45.5% |
| 2002 | 7 kcal/cap/d | +16.7% |
| 2003 | 5 kcal/cap/d | -28.6% |
| 2004 | 4 kcal/cap/d | -20.0% |
| 2005 | 7 kcal/cap/d | +75.0% |
| 2006 | 6 kcal/cap/d | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 3 kcal/cap/d | -50.0% |
| 2008 | 4 kcal/cap/d | +33.3% |
| 2009 | 7 kcal/cap/d | +75.0% |
| 2010 | 9 kcal/cap/d | +28.6% |
| 2011 | 8 kcal/cap/d | -11.1% |
| 2012 | 5 kcal/cap/d | -37.5% |
| 2013 | 4 kcal/cap/d | -20.0% |
| 2014 | 5 kcal/cap/d | +25.0% |
| 2015 | 4 kcal/cap/d | -20.0% |
| 2016 | 4 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 19 kcal/cap/d | +375.0% |
| 2018 | 19 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 18 kcal/cap/d | -5.3% |
| 2020 | 16 kcal/cap/d | -11.1% |
| 2021 | 21 kcal/cap/d | +31.2% |
| 2022 | 18 kcal/cap/d | -14.3% |
| 2023 | 18 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 19 kcal/cap/d | +5.6% |
| 2025 | 12 kcal/cap/d | -36.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6 kcal/cap/d | 3 kcal/cap/d | 11 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.5 kcal/cap/d | 4 kcal/cap/d | 19 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.33 kcal/cap/d | 12 kcal/cap/d | 21 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 13 Malta 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Sao Tome and Principe 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Solomon Islands 62 kcal/cap/d compare
- 16 Kyrgyzstan 59 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Haiti 57 kcal/cap/d compare
- 17 Ireland 57 kcal/cap/d compare
- 19 Australia 56 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 380.5 kg/ha (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 12 kcal/cap/d in 2025, 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 Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 21 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 kcal/cap/d in 2007.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 16th out of 17 regions with data for 2025.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 200.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.