Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Republic of Korea
Republic of Korea: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,908 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Republic of Korea, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kcal/cap/d.
Analysis
Republic of Korea recorded 1,908 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.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Republic of Korea peaked at 1,908 kcal/cap/d in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,867 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Republic of Korea ranks 57th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Republic of Korea, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,867 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,869 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,872 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,875 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,880 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,885 kcal/cap/d | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,889 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,893 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,896 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 1,898 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,900 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,901 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 1,903 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,904 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1,906 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,907 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,908 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 1,908 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,882 kcal/cap/d | 1,867 kcal/cap/d | 1,898 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,904 kcal/cap/d | 1,900 kcal/cap/d | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,906 kcal/cap/d | 1,905 kcal/cap/d | 1,908 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Republic of Korea
- 55 Albania 1,909 kcal/cap/d compare
- 55 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,909 kcal/cap/d compare
- 57 Barbados 1,908 kcal/cap/d compare
- 59 Oman 1,907 kcal/cap/d compare
- 60 China, Taiwan Province of 1,906 kcal/cap/d compare
- 60 French Polynesia 1,906 kcal/cap/d compare
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- Cabbages — Yield, annual growth rate 1.77 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Republic of Korea?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Republic of Korea was 1,908 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 Republic of Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 1,908 kcal/cap/d in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Republic of Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,867 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Republic of Korea rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Republic of Korea ranks 57th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Republic of Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Republic of Korea 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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