Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,789 kcal/cap/d in 2022. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Nicaragua, 2000–2022
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 Nicaragua is 1,789 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Nicaragua peaked at 1,789 kcal/cap/d in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,711 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Nicaragua 131st out of 181 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,711 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,717 kcal/cap/d | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1,722 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,728 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,737 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,742 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,745 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,749 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,752 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,754 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,757 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,760 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,763 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,765 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,768 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,771 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,774 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,777 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,780 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,783 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,786 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,789 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,734 kcal/cap/d | 1,711 kcal/cap/d | 1,752 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,767 kcal/cap/d | 1,754 kcal/cap/d | 1,780 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,786 kcal/cap/d | 1,783 kcal/cap/d | 1,789 kcal/cap/d | 3 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1448 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 459.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8714 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4056 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 14.48 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 14.48 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Nicaragua?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Nicaragua was 1,789 kcal/cap/d in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 1,789 kcal/cap/d in 2022.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,711 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Nicaragua rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Nicaragua ranks 131st out of 181 countries with data for 2022.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.