Country/
Sub-region
TABLE 1
Energy availability (DES) and requirement in selected countries of the Region
APPENDIX B
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Energy Requirement Kcal/cap./day
DES2 Kcal/cap./day
1974-76
1984-86
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
A. ASTA
Bangladesh
1861
1895
1922
China (-Taiwan)
2096
2063
2628
Dem. Kampuchea
2085
1841
2175
DPR,
Korea
2068
2609
3199
India
1927
1899
2204
Indonesia
1945
2113
2513
Korea, Rep.
2132
2633
2876
Laos
2042
1989
2309
Malaysia
1994
2565
2723
Maldives
1932
1839
2082
Mongolia
Myanmar
1987
2489
2830
1944
2217
2592
Nepal
1981
2108
2050
Pakistan
1867
2233
2245
Philippines
1928
2101
2354
Sri Lanka
1932
2054
2436
Thailand
1996
2269
2329
Viet Nam
1951
2096
2260
Asia average
2003
2039
2430
B. PACIFIC
Fiji
2188
2467
2902
Papua New Guinea
1967
2227
2176
Samoa
2188
2262
2457
Solomon Islands
1967
2116
2166
Tonga
2188
3182
2942
Vanuatu
1967
2563
2338
Pacific average
2011
2287
2309
Average for
developing countries
2003
2040
2429
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
Australia
2250
3243
3326
Japan
2257
2800
2858
New Zealand
2161
3375
3407
Average for
Developed countries
2173
Regional average
2012
3347
2108
3385
2480
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Source: FAO methodology as described
in James, W.P.T., Schofield, E. c.,
Human Energy Requirements: A Manual for Planners and Nutritionists, Qxford University Press, 1990.
FAO Food Balance Sheet Information from AGROSTAT DATABASE.
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