Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,857 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum 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, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea stood at 1,857 kcal/cap/d.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea peaked at 1,864 kcal/cap/d in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,825 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 5th of 20 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,825 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,827 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,830 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,832 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,835 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,838 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,842 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,845 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,847 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,850 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,853 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,856 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,859 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,861 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,863 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,864 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,864 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,864 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,863 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,862 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,861 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,861 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,860 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,859 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,858 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,857 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,837 kcal/cap/d | 1,825 kcal/cap/d | 1,850 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,861 kcal/cap/d | 1,853 kcal/cap/d | 1,864 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,859 kcal/cap/d | 1,857 kcal/cap/d | 1,861 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- 2 Türkiye 1,880 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 2,007 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1,861 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,980 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Polynesia 1,861 kcal/cap/d compare
- 4 Luxembourg 1,976 kcal/cap/d compare
- 5 Finland 1,971 kcal/cap/d compare
- 6 Norway 1,968 kcal/cap/d compare
- 7 Malta 1,967 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Estonia 1,966 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Iceland 1,966 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Syrian Arab Republic 1,836 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.1094 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.2823 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 0.1456 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate -4.89 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 0.1069 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Democratic People's Republic of Korea was 1,857 kcal/cap/d in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,864 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Democratic People's Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,825 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Democratic People's Republic of Korea rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Democratic People's Republic of Korea ranks 5th out of 20 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum 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 Minimum 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.