Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Peru
Peru: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,807 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Peru, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Peru recorded 1,807 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 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Peru peaked at 1,807 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,727 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
That places Peru 112th out of 181 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Peru, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,727 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,739 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,743 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,748 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,751 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,754 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,757 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,760 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,763 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,767 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2011 | 1,770 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,774 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,777 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,779 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,781 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,784 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,787 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,791 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,794 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,797 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,799 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,801 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,804 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,805 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,807 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 1,807 kcal/cap/d is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,858 kcal/cap/d, 97% of the median. (51 countries reporting)
- Peru's 1,807 kcal/cap/d is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,886 kcal/cap/d, 96% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,748 kcal/cap/d | 1,727 kcal/cap/d | 1,763 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,780 kcal/cap/d | 1,767 kcal/cap/d | 1,794 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,802 kcal/cap/d | 1,797 kcal/cap/d | 1,807 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Peru
More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Peru?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Peru was 1,807 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 1,807 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,727 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Peru rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Peru ranks 112th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Peru 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.