Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Europe
Southern Europe: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 12 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▼ Falling
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Southern Europe, 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 Southern Europe is 12 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 61.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Europe peaked at 41 kcal/cap/d in 2000 and was at its lowest, 7 kcal/cap/d, in 2013.
Southern Europe ranks 24th 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 41 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 28 kcal/cap/d | -31.7% |
| 2002 | 31 kcal/cap/d | +10.7% |
| 2003 | 28 kcal/cap/d | -9.7% |
| 2004 | 31 kcal/cap/d | +10.7% |
| 2005 | 13 kcal/cap/d | -58.1% |
| 2006 | 20 kcal/cap/d | +53.8% |
| 2007 | 19 kcal/cap/d | -5.0% |
| 2008 | 18 kcal/cap/d | -5.3% |
| 2009 | 21 kcal/cap/d | +16.7% |
| 2010 | 26 kcal/cap/d | +23.8% |
| 2011 | 14 kcal/cap/d | -46.2% |
| 2012 | 10 kcal/cap/d | -28.6% |
| 2013 | 7 kcal/cap/d | -30.0% |
| 2014 | 7 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 31 kcal/cap/d | +342.9% |
| 2016 | 35 kcal/cap/d | +12.9% |
| 2017 | 32 kcal/cap/d | -8.6% |
| 2018 | 29 kcal/cap/d | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 15 kcal/cap/d | -48.3% |
| 2020 | 20 kcal/cap/d | +33.3% |
| 2021 | 19 kcal/cap/d | -5.0% |
| 2022 | 17 kcal/cap/d | -10.5% |
| 2023 | 14 kcal/cap/d | -17.6% |
| 2024 | 14 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 12 kcal/cap/d | -14.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25 kcal/cap/d | 13 kcal/cap/d | 41 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 20.6 kcal/cap/d | 7 kcal/cap/d | 35 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 16 kcal/cap/d | 12 kcal/cap/d | 20 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Europe?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Southern Europe 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 Southern Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 41 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Southern Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 7 kcal/cap/d in 2013.
- How does Southern Europe rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Southern Europe ranks 24th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Southern Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Europe 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.