Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Uruguay
Uruguay: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value was 1,892 kcal/cap/d in 2025. ▬ Flat
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay is 1,892 kcal/cap/d, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Uruguay peaked at 1,892 kcal/cap/d in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1,845 kcal/cap/d, in 2000.
Uruguay ranks 76th of 181 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | kcal/cap/d | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,845 kcal/cap/d | — |
| 2001 | 1,846 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,848 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,850 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,851 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,853 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,854 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,856 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,858 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,860 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,860 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,863 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,864 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 1,865 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,865 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1,865 kcal/cap/d | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,866 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,867 kcal/cap/d | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,870 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,873 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,876 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,880 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,883 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,886 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,889 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,892 kcal/cap/d | +0.2% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 1,892 kcal/cap/d is below the median for high income countries, which is 1,928 kcal/cap/d, 98% of the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 1,892 kcal/cap/d is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,886 kcal/cap/d, 1.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,852 kcal/cap/d | 1,845 kcal/cap/d | 1,860 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,866 kcal/cap/d | 1,860 kcal/cap/d | 1,873 kcal/cap/d | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,884 kcal/cap/d | 1,876 kcal/cap/d | 1,892 kcal/cap/d | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 73 Seychelles 1,896 kcal/cap/d compare
- 74 Brazil 1,895 kcal/cap/d compare
- 75 Trinidad and Tobago 1,893 kcal/cap/d compare
- 77 China, Macao SAR 1,891 kcal/cap/d compare
- 78 Armenia 1,890 kcal/cap/d compare
- 79 Cuba 1,888 kcal/cap/d compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uruguay
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.67 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0638 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,609 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0435 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 14.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Uruguay?
- Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value in Uruguay was 1,892 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 1,892 kcal/cap/d in 2025.
- What is the lowest minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,845 kcal/cap/d in 2000.
- How does Uruguay rank for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Uruguay ranks 76th out of 181 countries with data for 2025.
- Is minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.