Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Lao People's Democratic Republic
Lao People's Democratic Republic: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,830 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▲ Rising
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Lao People's Democratic Republic, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
The most recent figure for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Lao People's Democratic Republic is 1,830 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Lao People's Democratic Republic peaked at 1,830 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,728 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Lao People's Democratic Republic 10th out of 20 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Lao People's Democratic Republic, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,728 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,739 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,744 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,749 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,755 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,762 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,770 kcal/cap/d | +0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,777 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,782 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,788 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1,792 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,796 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,800 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,804 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,807 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,809 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,810 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,812 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,815 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,817 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,820 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,822 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,825 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,827 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,830 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,754 kcal/cap/d | 1,728 kcal/cap/d | 1,782 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,803 kcal/cap/d | 1,788 kcal/cap/d | 1,815 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,824 kcal/cap/d | 1,817 kcal/cap/d | 1,830 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lao People's Democratic Republic
- 7 Malta 1,967 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Estonia 1,966 kcal/cap/d compare
- 8 Iceland 1,966 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 Denmark 1,957 kcal/cap/d compare
- 12 Sweden 1,957 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -0.6276 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 5.34 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate 0.4999 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate -0.2709 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate 0.7722 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.37 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Producing Animals/Slaughtered, annual growth 5.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goats — Stocks, annual growth rate 5.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing 5.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Lao People's Democratic Republic was 1,830 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 1,830 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,728 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Lao People's Democratic Republic rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th out of 20 regions with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Lao People's Democratic Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lao People's Democratic Republic 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.