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Average dietary energy supply adequacy (3-year average)

Field Value
Description The indicator expresses the Dietary Energy Supply (DES) as a percentage of the Average Dietary Energy Requirement (ADER). Each country's or region's average supply of calories for food consumption is normalized by the average dietary energy requirement estimated for its population to provide an index of adequacy of the food supply in terms of calories.
Definition Not specified
Activity type Food environment
Environment activity type Availability
Outcome type Health impacts
Category FoodAvailability
Connects to transition domains None specified
Unit(s) of measurement Percentage
Unit(s) of measurement description %
SDG Targets SDG_2
Transition domain alignment Area_1 (Strong), Area_2 (Weak), Area_3 (Adequate), Area_4 (Adequate)
Supply chain components Consumption
Methodology Not specified