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Average dietary energy requirement (kcal per person per day)
Compare average dietary energy requirement (kcal per person per day) across 194 ISO-mapped countries or territories using one fixed 2025 official-source slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
2,387.3kcal/cap/d
Median: 2,393.5kcal/cap/d
Countries Covered
194
with available data
Highest
Qatar
2,641.0kcal/cap/d
Lowest
Central African Republic
2,122.0kcal/cap/d
Top 5 Countries
1Qatar2,641.0kcal/cap/d
2United Arab Emirates2,617.0kcal/cap/d
3Netherlands2,580.0kcal/cap/d
4United States of America2,570.0kcal/cap/d
5Luxembourg2,569.0kcal/cap/d
By Region
Key Findings
- •194 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite kcal/cap/d observation in the fixed 2025 slice.
- •Qatar has the highest published value (2641 kcal/cap/d).
- •Central African Republic has the lowest published value (2122 kcal/cap/d).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (2,122.0kcal/cap/d)High (2,641.0kcal/cap/d)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 2,387.3kcal/cap/d)
About This Statistic
Food Security and Nutrition: Suite of Food Security Indicators: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day). Exact FAOSTAT item/indicator, element and other dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2025 source slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other period or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Food Security and Nutrition: Suite of Food Security Indicators: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day). Exact FAOSTAT item/indicator, element and other dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 2,641.0kcal/cap/d |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 2,617.0kcal/cap/d |
| 3 | Netherlands | 2,580.0kcal/cap/d |
| 4 | United States of America | 2,570.0kcal/cap/d |
| 5 | Luxembourg | 2,569.0kcal/cap/d |
| 6 | Finland | 2,568.0kcal/cap/d |
| 7 | Norway | 2,563.0kcal/cap/d |
| 8 | Iceland | 2,560.0kcal/cap/d |
| 9 | Malta | 2,559.0kcal/cap/d |
| 10 | Estonia | 2,555.0kcal/cap/d |
| 11 | Switzerland | 2,553.0kcal/cap/d |
| 12 | Belgium | 2,549.0kcal/cap/d |
| 13 | Denmark | 2,548.0kcal/cap/d |
| 14 | Sweden | 2,547.0kcal/cap/d |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 2,537.0kcal/cap/d |
| 16 | Kuwait | 2,537.0kcal/cap/d |
| 17 | Slovakia | 2,534.0kcal/cap/d |
| 18 | Bahrain | 2,534.0kcal/cap/d |
| 19 | Italy | 2,533.0kcal/cap/d |
| 20 | Cyprus | 2,531.0kcal/cap/d |
| 21 | Austria | 2,529.0kcal/cap/d |
| 22 | Hungary | 2,528.0kcal/cap/d |
| 23 | Germany | 2,527.0kcal/cap/d |
| 24 | Greece | 2,525.0kcal/cap/d |
| 25 | Jamaica | 2,519.0kcal/cap/d |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 2,518.0kcal/cap/d |
| 27 | Puerto Rico | 2,517.0kcal/cap/d |
| 28 | Bermuda | 2,517.0kcal/cap/d |
| 29 | Poland | 2,516.0kcal/cap/d |
| 30 | Spain | 2,516.0kcal/cap/d |
| 31 | Ukraine | 2,510.0kcal/cap/d |
| 32 | France | 2,509.0kcal/cap/d |
| 33 | Canada | 2,508.0kcal/cap/d |
| 34 | Ireland | 2,507.0kcal/cap/d |
| 35 | New Zealand | 2,500.0kcal/cap/d |
| 36 | Slovenia | 2,500.0kcal/cap/d |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 2,500.0kcal/cap/d |
| 38 | Bahamas | 2,500.0kcal/cap/d |
| 39 | Grenada | 2,498.0kcal/cap/d |
| 40 | Australia | 2,496.0kcal/cap/d |
| 41 | Singapore | 2,495.0kcal/cap/d |
| 42 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,495.0kcal/cap/d |
| 43 | Maldives | 2,494.0kcal/cap/d |
| 44 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,492.0kcal/cap/d |
| 45 | Romania | 2,491.0kcal/cap/d |
| 46 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,491.0kcal/cap/d |
| 47 | Croatia | 2,490.0kcal/cap/d |
| 48 | Bulgaria | 2,488.0kcal/cap/d |
| 49 | Portugal | 2,488.0kcal/cap/d |
| 50 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 2,486.0kcal/cap/d |
| 51 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2,482.0kcal/cap/d |
| 52 | Lithuania | 2,479.0kcal/cap/d |
| 53 | Serbia | 2,479.0kcal/cap/d |
| 54 | Albania | 2,479.0kcal/cap/d |
| 55 | Barbados | 2,478.0kcal/cap/d |
| 56 | South Korea | 2,477.0kcal/cap/d |
| 57 | Oman | 2,477.0kcal/cap/d |
| 58 | Russian Federation | 2,477.0kcal/cap/d |
| 59 | Belarus | 2,476.0kcal/cap/d |
| 60 | French Polynesia | 2,476.0kcal/cap/d |
| 61 | Chile | 2,473.0kcal/cap/d |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 2,473.0kcal/cap/d |
| 63 | Taiwan, Province of China | 2,472.0kcal/cap/d |
| 64 | Argentina | 2,472.0kcal/cap/d |
| 65 | People's Republic of China | 2,471.0kcal/cap/d |
| 66 | Montenegro | 2,468.0kcal/cap/d |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 2,466.0kcal/cap/d |
| 68 | Mauritius | 2,463.0kcal/cap/d |
| 69 | Latvia | 2,462.0kcal/cap/d |
| 70 | Georgia | 2,460.0kcal/cap/d |
| 71 | Seychelles | 2,460.0kcal/cap/d |
| 72 | Thailand | 2,459.0kcal/cap/d |
| 73 | Cape Verde | 2,454.0kcal/cap/d |
| 74 | Uruguay | 2,454.0kcal/cap/d |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,453.0kcal/cap/d |
| 76 | Brazil | 2,453.0kcal/cap/d |
| 77 | Moldova, Republic of | 2,451.0kcal/cap/d |
| 78 | Cuba | 2,448.0kcal/cap/d |
| 79 | Armenia | 2,447.0kcal/cap/d |
| 80 | Macao | 2,446.0kcal/cap/d |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 2,445.0kcal/cap/d |
| 82 | Dominica | 2,444.0kcal/cap/d |
| 83 | Hong Kong | 2,437.0kcal/cap/d |
| 84 | Türkiye | 2,435.0kcal/cap/d |
| 85 | Brunei Darussalam | 2,435.0kcal/cap/d |
| 86 | Japan | 2,429.0kcal/cap/d |
| 87 | Malaysia | 2,429.0kcal/cap/d |
| 88 | Libya | 2,411.0kcal/cap/d |
| 89 | Djibouti | 2,408.0kcal/cap/d |
| 90 | Mexico | 2,408.0kcal/cap/d |
| 91 | Bhutan | 2,407.0kcal/cap/d |
| 92 | Morocco | 2,406.0kcal/cap/d |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 2,404.0kcal/cap/d |
| 94 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 2,404.0kcal/cap/d |
| 95 | North Korea | 2,403.0kcal/cap/d |
| 96 | Fiji | 2,395.0kcal/cap/d |
| 97 | Suriname | 2,395.0kcal/cap/d |
| 98 | South Africa | 2,392.0kcal/cap/d |
| 99 | Lebanon | 2,389.0kcal/cap/d |
| 100 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,386.0kcal/cap/d |
| 101 | Jordan | 2,380.0kcal/cap/d |
| 102 | Colombia | 2,378.0kcal/cap/d |
| 103 | Venezuela | 2,377.0kcal/cap/d |
| 104 | Haiti | 2,373.0kcal/cap/d |
| 105 | Egypt | 2,373.0kcal/cap/d |
| 106 | Tonga | 2,372.0kcal/cap/d |
| 107 | Paraguay | 2,371.0kcal/cap/d |
| 108 | Tunisia | 2,371.0kcal/cap/d |
| 109 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2,366.0kcal/cap/d |
| 110 | Botswana | 2,364.0kcal/cap/d |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 2,353.0kcal/cap/d |
| 112 | Samoa | 2,352.0kcal/cap/d |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 2,351.0kcal/cap/d |
| 114 | Ecuador | 2,343.0kcal/cap/d |
| 115 | India | 2,342.0kcal/cap/d |
| 116 | Eswatini | 2,341.0kcal/cap/d |
| 117 | Kenya | 2,340.0kcal/cap/d |
| 118 | Peru | 2,336.0kcal/cap/d |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 2,336.0kcal/cap/d |
| 120 | New Caledonia | 2,335.0kcal/cap/d |
| 121 | Senegal | 2,335.0kcal/cap/d |
| 122 | Panama | 2,333.0kcal/cap/d |
| 123 | Myanmar | 2,331.0kcal/cap/d |
| 124 | Mongolia | 2,329.0kcal/cap/d |
| 125 | Belize | 2,328.0kcal/cap/d |
| 126 | El Salvador | 2,326.0kcal/cap/d |
| 127 | Sri Lanka | 2,324.0kcal/cap/d |
| 128 | Ghana | 2,323.0kcal/cap/d |
| 129 | Indonesia | 2,323.0kcal/cap/d |
| 130 | Algeria | 2,319.0kcal/cap/d |
| 131 | Gabon | 2,318.0kcal/cap/d |
| 132 | Guyana | 2,318.0kcal/cap/d |
| 133 | Iraq | 2,318.0kcal/cap/d |
| 134 | Israel | 2,316.0kcal/cap/d |
| 135 | Namibia | 2,316.0kcal/cap/d |
| 136 | Kiribati | 2,313.0kcal/cap/d |
| 137 | Republic of The Gambia | 2,312.0kcal/cap/d |
| 138 | Lesotho | 2,311.0kcal/cap/d |
| 139 | Turkmenistan | 2,311.0kcal/cap/d |
| 140 | Vietnam | 2,307.0kcal/cap/d |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,304.0kcal/cap/d |
| 142 | Honduras | 2,303.0kcal/cap/d |
| 143 | Philippines | 2,302.0kcal/cap/d |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2,302.0kcal/cap/d |
| 145 | Burkina Faso | 2,296.0kcal/cap/d |
| 146 | Tokelau | 2,295.0kcal/cap/d |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 2,292.0kcal/cap/d |
| 148 | Cambodia | 2,289.0kcal/cap/d |
| 149 | Bolivia | 2,289.0kcal/cap/d |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 2,286.0kcal/cap/d |
| 151 | Nepal | 2,283.0kcal/cap/d |
| 152 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,277.0kcal/cap/d |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,276.0kcal/cap/d |
| 154 | South Sudan | 2,276.0kcal/cap/d |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 2,272.0kcal/cap/d |
| 156 | Zimbabwe | 2,272.0kcal/cap/d |
| 157 | Cameroon | 2,269.0kcal/cap/d |
| 158 | Comoros | 2,268.0kcal/cap/d |
| 159 | Eritrea | 2,266.0kcal/cap/d |
| 160 | Republic of the Congo | 2,263.0kcal/cap/d |
| 161 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2,253.0kcal/cap/d |
| 162 | Rwanda | 2,253.0kcal/cap/d |
| 163 | Mauritania | 2,252.0kcal/cap/d |
| 164 | Nigeria | 2,251.0kcal/cap/d |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 2,251.0kcal/cap/d |
| 166 | Togo | 2,251.0kcal/cap/d |
| 167 | Timor-Leste | 2,250.0kcal/cap/d |
| 168 | Pakistan | 2,249.0kcal/cap/d |
| 169 | State of Palestine | 2,247.0kcal/cap/d |
| 170 | Ethiopia | 2,246.0kcal/cap/d |
| 171 | Guinea | 2,242.0kcal/cap/d |
| 172 | Liberia | 2,242.0kcal/cap/d |
| 173 | Guatemala | 2,239.0kcal/cap/d |
| 174 | Benin | 2,237.0kcal/cap/d |
| 175 | Tuvalu | 2,236.0kcal/cap/d |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 2,233.0kcal/cap/d |
| 177 | Zambia | 2,232.0kcal/cap/d |
| 178 | Sudan | 2,226.0kcal/cap/d |
| 179 | Uganda | 2,226.0kcal/cap/d |
| 180 | Malawi | 2,224.0kcal/cap/d |
| 181 | Mali | 2,224.0kcal/cap/d |
| 182 | Chad | 2,203.0kcal/cap/d |
| 183 | United Republic of Tanzania | 2,203.0kcal/cap/d |
| 184 | Madagascar | 2,198.0kcal/cap/d |
| 185 | Somalia | 2,192.0kcal/cap/d |
| 186 | Niger | 2,191.0kcal/cap/d |
| 187 | Vanuatu | 2,187.0kcal/cap/d |
| 188 | Yemen | 2,172.0kcal/cap/d |
| 189 | Burundi | 2,169.0kcal/cap/d |
| 190 | Mozambique | 2,163.0kcal/cap/d |
| 191 | Angola | 2,162.0kcal/cap/d |
| 192 | Afghanistan | 2,148.0kcal/cap/d |
| 193 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 2,132.0kcal/cap/d |
| 194 | Central African Republic | 2,122.0kcal/cap/d |
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Data Source
This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025).
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