Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Low-income economies
Low-income economies: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,715 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Low-income economies, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Low-income economies recorded 1,715 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.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Low-income economies peaked at 1,715 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,670 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Low-income economies ranks 37th of 37 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Low-income economies, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,670 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,672 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,673 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,674 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,676 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,677 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,679 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,681 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,682 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,683 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,685 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,686 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,687 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,688 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,689 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,691 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,693 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,695 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,698 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,701 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,703 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,705 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,708 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,710 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,713 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,715 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,677 kcal/cap/d | 1,670 kcal/cap/d | 1,683 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,691 kcal/cap/d | 1,685 kcal/cap/d | 1,701 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,709 kcal/cap/d | 1,703 kcal/cap/d | 1,715 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Low-income economies
- 34 New Zealand 1,925 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 Slovenia 1,925 kcal/cap/d compare
- 34 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1,925 kcal/cap/d compare
- 37 Bahamas 1,924 kcal/cap/d compare
- 38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,923 kcal/cap/d compare
- 39 Australia 1,922 kcal/cap/d compare
- 40 Grenada 1,921 kcal/cap/d compare
- 40 Maldives 1,921 kcal/cap/d compare
- 40 Australia and New Zealand 1,921 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Low-income economies
- Average dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value 2,210 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Per capita food supply variability (kcal/cap/day) — Value 13 kcal/cap/d (2025)
- Prevalence of obesity in the adult population (18 years and older) 10.1 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are overweight 3.5 % (2024)
- Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are stunted (modelled) 35.8 % (2024)
- Gross domestic product per capita, PPP, (constant 2021 international) 2,253 Int$/cap (2024)
- Number of obese adults (18 years and older) (million) — Value 39.8 million No (2024)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,263 kcal/cap/d (2024)
- Prevalence of anemia among women of reproductive age (15-49 years) 35.7 % (2023)
- Dietary energy supply used in the estimation of the prevalence of 2,262 kcal/cap/d (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Low-income economies?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Low-income economies was 1,715 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 Low-income economies?
- The highest recorded value was 1,715 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Low-income economies?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,670 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Low-income economies rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Low-income economies ranks 37th out of 37 groups with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Low-income economies?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Low-income economies 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.