Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 2,403 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
In 2025, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea stood at 2,403 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 2,414 kcal/cap/d in 2016 and was at its lowest, 2,357 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 5th of 20 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,357 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 2,360 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 2,364 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 2,367 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 2,372 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 2,376 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 2,381 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 2,386 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,390 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 2,394 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 2,398 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 2,403 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,407 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 2,410 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 2,412 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 2,413 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,414 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 2,413 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 2,412 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 2,411 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 2,409 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 2,408 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 2,407 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 2,406 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 2,404 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 2,403 kcal/cap/d | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2,375 kcal/cap/d | 2,357 kcal/cap/d | 2,394 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,409 kcal/cap/d | 2,398 kcal/cap/d | 2,414 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,406 kcal/cap/d | 2,403 kcal/cap/d | 2,409 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 2 Türkiye 2,435 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 2,617 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 2,580 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Polynesia 2,410 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 2,404 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Luxembourg 2,569 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Finland 2,568 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Norway 2,563 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Iceland 2,560 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Syrian Arab Republic 2,386 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Malta 2,559 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Democratic People's Republic of Korea
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 0.8322 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.5454 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.0805 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.0288 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Yield, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate -4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.2823 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 2,403 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 2,414 kcal/cap/d in 2016.
- What is the lowest average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,357 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2025.
- Is average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Democratic People's Republic of Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.