Table 1.

Per capita food consumption (kcal per person per day). Reproduced with permission from Alexandratos (2006).

	1969/1971	1979/1981	1989/1991	1999/2001	2015	2030	2050
world	2411	2549	2704	2789	2950	3040	3130
developing countries	2111	2308	2520	2654	2860	2960	3070
sub-Saharan Africa	2100	2078	2106	2194	2420	2600	2830
Near East/North Africa	2382	2834	3011	2974	3080	3130	3190
Latin America and Carribean	2465	2698	2689	2836	2990	3120	3200
South Asia	2066	2084	2329	2392	2660	2790	2980
East Asia	2012	2317	2625	2872	3110	3190	3230
industrial countries	3046	3133	3292	3446	3480	3520	3540
transition countries	3323	3389	3280	2900	3030	3150	3270