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Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day)
Compare minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) across 194 countries or territories using one fixed 2025 FAOSTAT reference slice.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Statistics Division•194 countries
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Key Insights
Global Average
1,843.9kcal/cap/d
Median: 1,848.5kcal/cap/d
Countries Covered
194
with available data
Highest
Qatar
2,024.0kcal/cap/d
Lowest
Central African Republic
1,648.0kcal/cap/d
Top 5 Countries
1Qatar2,024.0kcal/cap/d
2United Arab Emirates2,007.0kcal/cap/d
3Netherlands1,980.0kcal/cap/d
4Luxembourg1,976.0kcal/cap/d
5United States of America1,972.0kcal/cap/d
By Region
Europe1,942.5kcal/cap/d(32 countries)
Oceania1,923.5kcal/cap/d(2 countries)
North America1,873.5kcal/cap/d(4 countries)
South America1,864.9kcal/cap/d(7 countries)
Asia1,846.0kcal/cap/d(27 countries)
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 (2024 kcal/cap/d).
- •Central African Republic has the lowest published value (1648 kcal/cap/d).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (1,648.0kcal/cap/d)High (2,024.0kcal/cap/d)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,843.9kcal/cap/d)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Asia (27)
Other (113)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Food Security and Nutrition: Suite of Food Security Indicators: Minimum 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 FAOSTAT slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Food Security and Nutrition: Suite of Food Security Indicators: Minimum 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 | 2,024.0kcal/cap/d |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 2,007.0kcal/cap/d |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1,980.0kcal/cap/d |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 1,976.0kcal/cap/d |
| 5 | United States of America | 1,972.0kcal/cap/d |
| 6 | Finland | 1,971.0kcal/cap/d |
| 7 | Norway | 1,968.0kcal/cap/d |
| 8 | Malta | 1,967.0kcal/cap/d |
| 9 | Estonia | 1,966.0kcal/cap/d |
| 10 | Iceland | 1,966.0kcal/cap/d |
| 11 | Switzerland | 1,963.0kcal/cap/d |
| 12 | Belgium | 1,959.0kcal/cap/d |
| 13 | Denmark | 1,957.0kcal/cap/d |
| 14 | Sweden | 1,957.0kcal/cap/d |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 1,953.0kcal/cap/d |
| 16 | Kuwait | 1,953.0kcal/cap/d |
| 17 | Slovakia | 1,953.0kcal/cap/d |
| 18 | Cyprus | 1,950.0kcal/cap/d |
| 19 | Bahrain | 1,948.0kcal/cap/d |
| 20 | Italy | 1,947.0kcal/cap/d |
| 21 | Hungary | 1,946.0kcal/cap/d |
| 22 | Austria | 1,945.0kcal/cap/d |
| 23 | Germany | 1,944.0kcal/cap/d |
| 24 | Greece | 1,942.0kcal/cap/d |
| 25 | Poland | 1,939.0kcal/cap/d |
| 26 | Saint Lucia | 1,938.0kcal/cap/d |
| 27 | Jamaica | 1,937.0kcal/cap/d |
| 28 | Spain | 1,937.0kcal/cap/d |
| 29 | Ukraine | 1,935.0kcal/cap/d |
| 30 | Puerto Rico | 1,933.0kcal/cap/d |
| 31 | Bermuda | 1,933.0kcal/cap/d |
| 32 | Ireland | 1,930.0kcal/cap/d |
| 33 | France | 1,929.0kcal/cap/d |
| 34 | Canada | 1,928.0kcal/cap/d |
| 35 | New Zealand | 1,925.0kcal/cap/d |
| 36 | Slovenia | 1,925.0kcal/cap/d |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 1,925.0kcal/cap/d |
| 38 | Bahamas | 1,924.0kcal/cap/d |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,923.0kcal/cap/d |
| 40 | Australia | 1,922.0kcal/cap/d |
| 41 | Grenada | 1,921.0kcal/cap/d |
| 42 | Maldives | 1,921.0kcal/cap/d |
| 43 | Romania | 1,920.0kcal/cap/d |
| 44 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,920.0kcal/cap/d |
| 45 | Bulgaria | 1,919.0kcal/cap/d |
| 46 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,919.0kcal/cap/d |
| 47 | Croatia | 1,918.0kcal/cap/d |
| 48 | Singapore | 1,918.0kcal/cap/d |
| 49 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1,917.0kcal/cap/d |
| 50 | Portugal | 1,916.0kcal/cap/d |
| 51 | Russian Federation | 1,913.0kcal/cap/d |
| 52 | Belarus | 1,912.0kcal/cap/d |
| 53 | Lithuania | 1,912.0kcal/cap/d |
| 54 | Serbia | 1,912.0kcal/cap/d |
| 55 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,909.0kcal/cap/d |
| 56 | Albania | 1,909.0kcal/cap/d |
| 57 | South Korea | 1,908.0kcal/cap/d |
| 58 | Barbados | 1,908.0kcal/cap/d |
| 59 | Oman | 1,907.0kcal/cap/d |
| 60 | Taiwan, Province of China | 1,906.0kcal/cap/d |
| 61 | French Polynesia | 1,906.0kcal/cap/d |
| 62 | Chile | 1,905.0kcal/cap/d |
| 63 | People's Republic of China | 1,905.0kcal/cap/d |
| 64 | Argentina | 1,905.0kcal/cap/d |
| 65 | Montenegro | 1,904.0kcal/cap/d |
| 66 | Saudi Arabia | 1,903.0kcal/cap/d |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 1,901.0kcal/cap/d |
| 68 | Latvia | 1,901.0kcal/cap/d |
| 69 | Georgia | 1,900.0kcal/cap/d |
| 70 | Mauritius | 1,897.0kcal/cap/d |
| 71 | Thailand | 1,897.0kcal/cap/d |
| 72 | Seychelles | 1,896.0kcal/cap/d |
| 73 | Brazil | 1,895.0kcal/cap/d |
| 74 | Moldova, Republic of | 1,894.0kcal/cap/d |
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,893.0kcal/cap/d |
| 76 | Cape Verde | 1,892.0kcal/cap/d |
| 77 | Uruguay | 1,892.0kcal/cap/d |
| 78 | Macao | 1,891.0kcal/cap/d |
| 79 | Armenia | 1,890.0kcal/cap/d |
| 80 | Cuba | 1,888.0kcal/cap/d |
| 81 | Azerbaijan | 1,887.0kcal/cap/d |
| 82 | Dominica | 1,883.0kcal/cap/d |
| 83 | Hong Kong | 1,883.0kcal/cap/d |
| 84 | Türkiye | 1,880.0kcal/cap/d |
| 85 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,878.0kcal/cap/d |
| 86 | Japan | 1,872.0kcal/cap/d |
| 87 | Malaysia | 1,871.0kcal/cap/d |
| 88 | Libya | 1,862.0kcal/cap/d |
| 89 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1,861.0kcal/cap/d |
| 90 | Mexico | 1,859.0kcal/cap/d |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 1,858.0kcal/cap/d |
| 92 | Djibouti | 1,858.0kcal/cap/d |
| 93 | Morocco | 1,858.0kcal/cap/d |
| 94 | North Korea | 1,857.0kcal/cap/d |
| 95 | Bhutan | 1,856.0kcal/cap/d |
| 96 | Fiji | 1,849.0kcal/cap/d |
| 97 | South Africa | 1,849.0kcal/cap/d |
| 98 | Suriname | 1,848.0kcal/cap/d |
| 99 | Lebanon | 1,843.0kcal/cap/d |
| 100 | Jordan | 1,839.0kcal/cap/d |
| 101 | Colombia | 1,838.0kcal/cap/d |
| 102 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1,836.0kcal/cap/d |
| 103 | Tonga | 1,835.0kcal/cap/d |
| 104 | Venezuela | 1,835.0kcal/cap/d |
| 105 | Tunisia | 1,834.0kcal/cap/d |
| 106 | Egypt | 1,834.0kcal/cap/d |
| 107 | Haiti | 1,833.0kcal/cap/d |
| 108 | Paraguay | 1,833.0kcal/cap/d |
| 109 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,830.0kcal/cap/d |
| 110 | Botswana | 1,827.0kcal/cap/d |
| 111 | Samoa | 1,823.0kcal/cap/d |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 1,821.0kcal/cap/d |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,821.0kcal/cap/d |
| 114 | Ecuador | 1,812.0kcal/cap/d |
| 115 | India | 1,810.0kcal/cap/d |
| 116 | Eswatini | 1,810.0kcal/cap/d |
| 117 | Uzbekistan | 1,810.0kcal/cap/d |
| 118 | Kenya | 1,809.0kcal/cap/d |
| 119 | New Caledonia | 1,807.0kcal/cap/d |
| 120 | Peru | 1,807.0kcal/cap/d |
| 121 | Mongolia | 1,806.0kcal/cap/d |
| 122 | Senegal | 1,805.0kcal/cap/d |
| 123 | Myanmar | 1,804.0kcal/cap/d |
| 124 | Panama | 1,804.0kcal/cap/d |
| 125 | Belize | 1,801.0kcal/cap/d |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 1,799.0kcal/cap/d |
| 127 | El Salvador | 1,799.0kcal/cap/d |
| 128 | Ghana | 1,799.0kcal/cap/d |
| 129 | Indonesia | 1,799.0kcal/cap/d |
| 130 | Algeria | 1,798.0kcal/cap/d |
| 131 | Gabon | 1,797.0kcal/cap/d |
| 132 | Guyana | 1,796.0kcal/cap/d |
| 133 | Iraq | 1,795.0kcal/cap/d |
| 134 | Namibia | 1,795.0kcal/cap/d |
| 135 | Turkmenistan | 1,795.0kcal/cap/d |
| 136 | Kiribati | 1,794.0kcal/cap/d |
| 137 | Israel | 1,791.0kcal/cap/d |
| 138 | Republic of The Gambia | 1,789.0kcal/cap/d |
| 139 | Vietnam | 1,789.0kcal/cap/d |
| 140 | Lesotho | 1,788.0kcal/cap/d |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,785.0kcal/cap/d |
| 142 | Honduras | 1,783.0kcal/cap/d |
| 143 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,781.0kcal/cap/d |
| 144 | Philippines | 1,780.0kcal/cap/d |
| 145 | Tajikistan | 1,778.0kcal/cap/d |
| 146 | Burkina Faso | 1,778.0kcal/cap/d |
| 147 | Cambodia | 1,775.0kcal/cap/d |
| 148 | Tokelau | 1,774.0kcal/cap/d |
| 149 | Bolivia | 1,773.0kcal/cap/d |
| 150 | Bangladesh | 1,770.0kcal/cap/d |
| 151 | Nepal | 1,768.0kcal/cap/d |
| 152 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,765.0kcal/cap/d |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,763.0kcal/cap/d |
| 154 | Zimbabwe | 1,761.0kcal/cap/d |
| 155 | Cameroon | 1,760.0kcal/cap/d |
| 156 | South Sudan | 1,760.0kcal/cap/d |
| 157 | Sierra Leone | 1,759.0kcal/cap/d |
| 158 | Comoros | 1,758.0kcal/cap/d |
| 159 | Republic of the Congo | 1,754.0kcal/cap/d |
| 160 | Eritrea | 1,752.0kcal/cap/d |
| 161 | Mauritania | 1,748.0kcal/cap/d |
| 162 | Rwanda | 1,747.0kcal/cap/d |
| 163 | Togo | 1,746.0kcal/cap/d |
| 164 | Nigeria | 1,744.0kcal/cap/d |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 1,744.0kcal/cap/d |
| 166 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1,743.0kcal/cap/d |
| 167 | State of Palestine | 1,742.0kcal/cap/d |
| 168 | Timor-Leste | 1,742.0kcal/cap/d |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 1,741.0kcal/cap/d |
| 170 | Pakistan | 1,741.0kcal/cap/d |
| 171 | Guinea | 1,739.0kcal/cap/d |
| 172 | Liberia | 1,737.0kcal/cap/d |
| 173 | Benin | 1,735.0kcal/cap/d |
| 174 | Guatemala | 1,735.0kcal/cap/d |
| 175 | Tuvalu | 1,735.0kcal/cap/d |
| 176 | Solomon Islands | 1,732.0kcal/cap/d |
| 177 | Zambia | 1,731.0kcal/cap/d |
| 178 | Sudan | 1,729.0kcal/cap/d |
| 179 | Mali | 1,728.0kcal/cap/d |
| 180 | Uganda | 1,727.0kcal/cap/d |
| 181 | Malawi | 1,724.0kcal/cap/d |
| 182 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,712.0kcal/cap/d |
| 183 | Chad | 1,711.0kcal/cap/d |
| 184 | Madagascar | 1,706.0kcal/cap/d |
| 185 | Somalia | 1,705.0kcal/cap/d |
| 186 | Niger | 1,701.0kcal/cap/d |
| 187 | Vanuatu | 1,700.0kcal/cap/d |
| 188 | Yemen | 1,688.0kcal/cap/d |
| 189 | Burundi | 1,684.0kcal/cap/d |
| 190 | Mozambique | 1,682.0kcal/cap/d |
| 191 | Angola | 1,681.0kcal/cap/d |
| 192 | Afghanistan | 1,670.0kcal/cap/d |
| 193 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1,659.0kcal/cap/d |
| 194 | Central African Republic | 1,648.0kcal/cap/d |
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Data Source
This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Statistics Division (2025).
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