Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western Europe
Western Europe: Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 32 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Western 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 Western Europe is 32 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 113.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Europe peaked at 45 kcal/cap/d in 2000 and was at its lowest, 4 kcal/cap/d, in 2017.
Western Europe ranks 6th of 37 groups on this measure, 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 Europe, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 45 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 38 kcal/cap/d | -15.6% |
| 2002 | 38 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 36 kcal/cap/d | -5.3% |
| 2004 | 34 kcal/cap/d | -5.6% |
| 2005 | 23 kcal/cap/d | -32.4% |
| 2006 | 23 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 23 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 10 kcal/cap/d | -56.5% |
| 2009 | 9 kcal/cap/d | -10.0% |
| 2010 | 9 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 10 kcal/cap/d | +11.1% |
| 2012 | 11 kcal/cap/d | +10.0% |
| 2013 | 12 kcal/cap/d | +9.1% |
| 2014 | 12 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 15 kcal/cap/d | +25.0% |
| 2016 | 16 kcal/cap/d | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 4 kcal/cap/d | -75.0% |
| 2018 | 4 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7 kcal/cap/d | +75.0% |
| 2020 | 21 kcal/cap/d | +200.0% |
| 2021 | 27 kcal/cap/d | +28.6% |
| 2022 | 24 kcal/cap/d | -11.1% |
| 2023 | 17 kcal/cap/d | -29.2% |
| 2024 | 30 kcal/cap/d | +76.5% |
| 2025 | 32 kcal/cap/d | +6.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 27.9 kcal/cap/d | 9 kcal/cap/d | 45 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 10 kcal/cap/d | 4 kcal/cap/d | 16 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 25.17 kcal/cap/d | 17 kcal/cap/d | 32 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 46 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Guinea-Bissau 114 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Albania 111 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Rwanda 106 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Georgia 73 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Jordan 71 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 North Macedonia 70 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Afghanistan 69 kcal/cap/d compare
- 9 Israel 69 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Western Europe
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 1.04 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 6.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.437 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth rate -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -0.2961 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production, annual growth rate 0.9254 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate -1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.9364 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Europe?
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value in Western Europe was 32 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 Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 45 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- What is the lowest per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 kcal/cap/d in 2017.
- How does Western Europe rank for per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Western Europe ranks 6th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 113.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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.