Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in New Zealand
New Zealand: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 22 kcal/cap/d in 2024. ▲ Rising
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in New Zealand, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 22 kcal/cap/d for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.0% on the previous year and down 68.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in New Zealand peaked at 70 kcal/cap/d in 2014 and was at its lowest, 15 kcal/cap/d, in 2022.
New Zealand ranks 100th 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 New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 18 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2002 | 39 kcal/cap/d | +116.7% |
| 2003 | 38 kcal/cap/d | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 31 kcal/cap/d | -18.4% |
| 2005 | 26 kcal/cap/d | -16.1% |
| 2006 | 32 kcal/cap/d | +23.1% |
| 2007 | 29 kcal/cap/d | -9.4% |
| 2008 | 29 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 25 kcal/cap/d | -13.8% |
| 2010 | 25 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 28 kcal/cap/d | +12.0% |
| 2012 | 48 kcal/cap/d | +71.4% |
| 2013 | 52 kcal/cap/d | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 70 kcal/cap/d | +34.6% |
| 2015 | 57 kcal/cap/d | -18.6% |
| 2016 | 39 kcal/cap/d | -31.6% |
| 2017 | 55 kcal/cap/d | +41.0% |
| 2018 | 70 kcal/cap/d | +27.3% |
| 2019 | 45 kcal/cap/d | -35.7% |
| 2020 | 35 kcal/cap/d | -22.2% |
| 2021 | 20 kcal/cap/d | -42.9% |
| 2022 | 15 kcal/cap/d | -25.0% |
| 2023 | 20 kcal/cap/d | +33.3% |
| 2024 | 22 kcal/cap/d | +10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.67 kcal/cap/d | 18 kcal/cap/d | 39 kcal/cap/d | 9 |
| 2010s | 48.9 kcal/cap/d | 25 kcal/cap/d | 70 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 22.4 kcal/cap/d | 15 kcal/cap/d | 35 kcal/cap/d | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 100 Burkina Faso 22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 100 Czechia 22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 100 Guatemala 22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 100 Papua New Guinea 22 kcal/cap/d compare
- 100 Poland 22 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for New Zealand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -10.07 % change on previous year (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2023)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,976 current US$ per person (2023)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.16 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.0% (2023)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.0% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in New Zealand?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in New Zealand was 22 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 New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 70 kcal/cap/d in 2014.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- How does New Zealand rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- New Zealand ranks 100th out of 147 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand 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.