Average Daily Dietary Energy Consumption Per Capita

Rank country average daily dietary energy consumption per capita 2006 08 kilocalories kilojoules 1 united states 3 800 15 900 2 austria 3 750 15 690 3 greece 3 710.

Average daily dietary energy consumption per capita. Using food composition tables faostat sums the dietary energy content of the edible portion of each type of food available for human consumption. Countries in green are greater than 200g. It is known as total primary energy supply tpes a term used to indicate the sum of production and imports subtracting exports and storage changes see also worldwide energy supply. The most widely used and comprehensive data on food supply and consumption is published by the un food and agriculture organization fao.

5 4 2 recommendation for daily energy intake. Analysis of faostat data shows that dietary energy measured in kcals per capita per day has been steadily increasing on a worldwide basis. The map details average daily per capita fruit consumption versus typical dietary guidelines for health. In this chart we see the average daily supply of calories measured in kilocalories per person per day by world region from 1961 to 2013.

At the individual level a normal range of 18 5 to 24 9 kg m 2 bmi is generally accepted who 1995 and 2000. Average per capita intake of fruit measured relative to widely adopted minimum guidlines for health. 2780 kcal person day developed countries. This value is then divided by the population size and by 365 days to calculate the per capita daily dietary energy available for human consumption.

This data is annually available and is updated by the fao extending back until 1961. This map shows dietary energy consumption per person. The chart represents the caloric breakdown of the average person s daily consumption. Swipe through the timeline to see how the source and distribution of calories has changed over.

This is a list of countries by total energy consumption per capita. The dietary energy consumption per person is the amount of food in kcal per day for each individual in the total population. At a population level a. Availability of calories per capita from the mid 1960s to the late 1990s increased globally by approximately 450 kcal per capita per day and by over 600 kcal per capita per day in developing countries see.

Dietary energy intake of a healthy well nourished population should allow for maintaining an adequate bmi at the population s usual level of energy expenditure.