Ecuador vs India: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Ecuador

1,809 kilocalories per person per day

in 2024

India

1,808 kilocalories per person per day

in 2024

Ecuador rank

115th

India rank

116th

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

Ecuador
India

How they compare

Ecuador currently reports 1,809 kilocalories per person per day against 1,808 kilocalories per person per day in India, a difference of 1 kilocalories per person per day.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 115th and India ranks 116th 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: 07 August 2026

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.