Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,861 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Iran (Islamic Republic of) recorded 1,861 kcal/cap/d for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 1,861 kcal/cap/d in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,815 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 3rd of 20 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,815 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,827 kcal/cap/d | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,836 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,844 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 1,850 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,855 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,859 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,861 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,860 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,860 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,858 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,856 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,855 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,853 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,850 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,847 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,844 kcal/cap/d | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,842 kcal/cap/d | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,842 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,843 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,845 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,848 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,852 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,855 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,858 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,861 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,847 kcal/cap/d | 1,815 kcal/cap/d | 1,861 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,849 kcal/cap/d | 1,842 kcal/cap/d | 1,858 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,853 kcal/cap/d | 1,845 kcal/cap/d | 1,861 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- 1 Qatar 2,024 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 Türkiye 1,880 kcal/cap/d compare
- 2 United Arab Emirates 2,007 kcal/cap/d compare
- 3 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,980 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
More agriculture & rural data for Iran (Islamic Republic of)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -0.5329 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight -24.1 % change on previous year (1979)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production, annual -100 % change on previous year (1980)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -100 % change on previous year (1980)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1981)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield, annual growth rate 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production, annual growth rate -2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Production, annual growth rate 0.1193 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -100 % change on previous year (1980)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 1,861 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 Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 1,861 kcal/cap/d in 2007.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,815 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 3rd out of 20 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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.