Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Lower-middle-income economies
Lower-middle-income economies: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 7 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▼ Falling
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Lower-middle-income economies, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Lower-middle-income economies is 7 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 16.7% on the previous year and down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Lower-middle-income economies peaked at 32 kcal/cap/d in 2004 and was at its lowest, 6 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
That places Lower-middle-income economies 31st out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Lower-middle-income economies, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 25 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 20 kcal/cap/d | -20.0% |
| 2002 | 17 kcal/cap/d | -15.0% |
| 2003 | 27 kcal/cap/d | +58.8% |
| 2004 | 32 kcal/cap/d | +18.5% |
| 2005 | 28 kcal/cap/d | -12.5% |
| 2006 | 17 kcal/cap/d | -39.3% |
| 2007 | 12 kcal/cap/d | -29.4% |
| 2008 | 25 kcal/cap/d | +108.3% |
| 2009 | 32 kcal/cap/d | +28.0% |
| 2010 | 26 kcal/cap/d | -18.8% |
| 2011 | 14 kcal/cap/d | -46.2% |
| 2012 | 9 kcal/cap/d | -35.7% |
| 2013 | 12 kcal/cap/d | +33.3% |
| 2014 | 8 kcal/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2015 | 8 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 27 kcal/cap/d | +237.5% |
| 2017 | 26 kcal/cap/d | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 28 kcal/cap/d | +7.7% |
| 2019 | 26 kcal/cap/d | -7.1% |
| 2020 | 25 kcal/cap/d | -3.8% |
| 2021 | 9 kcal/cap/d | -64.0% |
| 2022 | 9 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 6 kcal/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2024 | 6 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 7 kcal/cap/d | +16.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 23.5 kcal/cap/d | 12 kcal/cap/d | 32 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.4 kcal/cap/d | 8 kcal/cap/d | 28 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.33 kcal/cap/d | 6 kcal/cap/d | 25 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lower-middle-income economies
More agriculture & rural data for Lower-middle-income economies
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,312 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,789 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 12 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 4 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 28.9 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 8,996 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 242.5 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,714 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 43.8 % (2023)
- Average dietary energy supply adequacy (percent) (3-year average) 117 % (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Lower-middle-income economies?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Lower-middle-income economies was 7 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 Lower-middle-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 32 kcal/cap/d in 2004.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Lower-middle-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 6 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Lower-middle-income economies rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Lower-middle-income economies ranks 31st out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Lower-middle-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lower-middle-income economies 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.