Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 10 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▼ Falling
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia stood at 10 kcal/cap/d.
The figure is up 25.0% on the previous year and down 47.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Asia peaked at 45 kcal/cap/d in 2004 and was at its lowest, 8 kcal/cap/d, in 2023.
Southern Asia ranks 27th of 37 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 39 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 30 kcal/cap/d | -23.1% |
| 2002 | 23 kcal/cap/d | -23.3% |
| 2003 | 39 kcal/cap/d | +69.6% |
| 2004 | 45 kcal/cap/d | +15.4% |
| 2005 | 40 kcal/cap/d | -11.1% |
| 2006 | 24 kcal/cap/d | -40.0% |
| 2007 | 16 kcal/cap/d | -33.3% |
| 2008 | 32 kcal/cap/d | +100.0% |
| 2009 | 40 kcal/cap/d | +25.0% |
| 2010 | 33 kcal/cap/d | -17.5% |
| 2011 | 19 kcal/cap/d | -42.4% |
| 2012 | 15 kcal/cap/d | -21.1% |
| 2013 | 17 kcal/cap/d | +13.3% |
| 2014 | 17 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 19 kcal/cap/d | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 38 kcal/cap/d | +100.0% |
| 2017 | 38 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 40 kcal/cap/d | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 38 kcal/cap/d | -5.0% |
| 2020 | 36 kcal/cap/d | -5.3% |
| 2021 | 14 kcal/cap/d | -61.1% |
| 2022 | 16 kcal/cap/d | +14.3% |
| 2023 | 8 kcal/cap/d | -50.0% |
| 2024 | 8 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 10 kcal/cap/d | +25.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 32.8 kcal/cap/d | 16 kcal/cap/d | 45 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 27.4 kcal/cap/d | 15 kcal/cap/d | 40 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.33 kcal/cap/d | 8 kcal/cap/d | 36 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Asia?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Asia was 10 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 45 kcal/cap/d in 2004.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 8 kcal/cap/d in 2023.
- How does Southern Asia rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Southern Asia ranks 27th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.