Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Asia and Northern Africa
Western Asia and Northern Africa: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 25 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Asia and Northern Africa, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Western Asia and Northern Africa recorded 25 kcal/cap/d for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025.
That represents a change of up 92.3% on the previous year and down 32.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia and Northern Africa peaked at 140 kcal/cap/d in 2003 and was at its lowest, 11 kcal/cap/d, in 2021.
That places Western Asia and Northern Africa 9th out of 37 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Western Asia and Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 71 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 119 kcal/cap/d | +67.6% |
| 2002 | 137 kcal/cap/d | +15.1% |
| 2003 | 140 kcal/cap/d | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 118 kcal/cap/d | -15.7% |
| 2005 | 37 kcal/cap/d | -68.6% |
| 2006 | 35 kcal/cap/d | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 46 kcal/cap/d | +31.4% |
| 2008 | 55 kcal/cap/d | +19.6% |
| 2009 | 52 kcal/cap/d | -5.5% |
| 2010 | 43 kcal/cap/d | -17.3% |
| 2011 | 32 kcal/cap/d | -25.6% |
| 2012 | 20 kcal/cap/d | -37.5% |
| 2013 | 16 kcal/cap/d | -20.0% |
| 2014 | 27 kcal/cap/d | +68.8% |
| 2015 | 37 kcal/cap/d | +37.0% |
| 2016 | 38 kcal/cap/d | +2.7% |
| 2017 | 42 kcal/cap/d | +10.5% |
| 2018 | 37 kcal/cap/d | -11.9% |
| 2019 | 26 kcal/cap/d | -29.7% |
| 2020 | 15 kcal/cap/d | -42.3% |
| 2021 | 11 kcal/cap/d | -26.7% |
| 2022 | 13 kcal/cap/d | +18.2% |
| 2023 | 15 kcal/cap/d | +15.4% |
| 2024 | 13 kcal/cap/d | -13.3% |
| 2025 | 25 kcal/cap/d | +92.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 81 kcal/cap/d | 35 kcal/cap/d | 140 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 31.8 kcal/cap/d | 16 kcal/cap/d | 43 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 15.33 kcal/cap/d | 11 kcal/cap/d | 25 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia and Northern Africa
- 6 Georgia 73 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Lao People's Democratic Republic 37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Syrian Arab Republic 37 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Jordan 71 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 North Macedonia 70 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 31 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Afghanistan 69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Israel 69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Viet Nam 29 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 25 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Sierra Leone 66 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 21 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Saudi Arabia 63 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Asia and Northern Africa
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,365 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 1,828 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 18.1 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 7.4 % (2024)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 31.6 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 23,360 Int$/cap (2024)
- Percentage of population using at least basic sanitation services 91 % (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 119 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 3,028 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Percentage of population using safely managed sanitation services 61 % (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Asia and Northern Africa was 25 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 Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 140 kcal/cap/d in 2003.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 11 kcal/cap/d in 2021.
- How does Western Asia and Northern Africa rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Western Asia and Northern Africa ranks 9th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Western Asia and Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Asia and Northern Africa 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.