Qatar vs United Arab Emirates: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Qatar

2,025 kilocalories per person per day

in 2024

United Arab Emirates

2,007 kilocalories per person per day

in 2024

Qatar rank

1st

United Arab Emirates rank

2nd

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

Qatar
United Arab Emirates

How they compare

Qatar currently reports 2,025 kilocalories per person per day against 2,007 kilocalories per person per day in United Arab Emirates, a difference of 18 kilocalories per person per day.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was United Arab Emirates ahead.

Qatar ranks 1st and United Arab Emirates ranks 2nd 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.