Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Denmark
Denmark: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,957 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Denmark, 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 Denmark stood at 1,957 kcal/cap/d.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Denmark peaked at 1,958 kcal/cap/d in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1,951 kcal/cap/d, in 2007.
That places Denmark 12th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Denmark, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,955 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,954 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,954 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,954 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1,953 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,952 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,952 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1,951 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,951 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1,951 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,952 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,952 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,954 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,955 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,957 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1,957 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
Denmark compared with similar countries
- Denmark's 1,957 kcal/cap/d is above the median for high income countries, which is 1,928 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Denmark's 1,957 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,929 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,953 kcal/cap/d | 1,951 kcal/cap/d | 1,955 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,956 kcal/cap/d | 1,952 kcal/cap/d | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | 1,957 kcal/cap/d | 1,958 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Denmark
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 1,835 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,830 kcal/cap/d compare
- 10 Switzerland 1,963 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Belgium 1,959 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Cabo Verde 1,892 kcal/cap/d compare
- 11 Viet Nam 1,789 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 1,773 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Sweden 1,957 kcal/cap/d compare
- 13 Micronesia 1,770 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Czechia 1,953 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Kuwait 1,953 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Slovakia 1,953 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Caribbean 1,872 kcal/cap/d compare
- 14 Melanesia 1,751 kcal/cap/d compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1,743 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Denmark
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 37.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0117 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 900.07 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.7939 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1115 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Denmark?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Denmark was 1,957 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 Denmark?
- The highest recorded value was 1,958 kcal/cap/d in 2015.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Denmark?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,951 kcal/cap/d in 2007.
- How does Denmark rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Denmark ranks 12th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Denmark?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Denmark 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.