Australia vs Bulgaria: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Australia
1,922 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Bulgaria
1,919 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Australia rank
40th
Bulgaria rank
43rd

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Australia
  • Bulgaria
05001.0k1.5k2.0k200020122024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 1,922 kilocalories per person per day against 1,919 kilocalories per person per day in Bulgaria, a difference of 3 kilocalories per person per day.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Bulgaria ahead.

Australia ranks 40th and Bulgaria ranks 43rd of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Minimum daily requirement of calories
Unit
kilocalories per person per day
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
195 places, 4,874 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

The minimum amount of daily dietary energy per person that is considered adequate to ensure they maintain a minimum weight for health. Across a population, this takes factors such as the age, sex, height, and activity levels of different individuals into account.