Minimum requirement calories, per unit of GDP by country
Minimum requirement calories divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
192
Highest
0 units per US$ of GDP
Tuvalu
Lowest
0 units per US$ of GDP
United States
Median
0 units per US$ of GDP
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,757
What the numbers show
Minimum requirement calories, per unit of GDP is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 0 units per US$ of GDP in Tuvalu; the lowest is 0 units per US$ of GDP in United States.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per US$ of GDP, and the mean is 0 units per US$ of GDP.
Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 166 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 134.8%), and the largest decrease in Guyana (down 83.3%).
Minimum requirement calories, per unit of GDP: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuvalu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 2 | Kiribati | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 3 | Micronesia (country) | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 4 | Tonga | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 5 | Dominica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 6 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 8 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 9 | Samoa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 10 | Grenada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 11 | Vanuatu | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Solomon Islands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Comoros | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 14 | East Timor | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 16 | Seychelles | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 17 | Eritrea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2011 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 18 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Lesotho | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 20 | Saint Lucia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 21 | Gambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 22 | Cape Verde | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 24 | Belize | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 25 | Bhutan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Burundi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Djibouti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Suriname | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 29 | Eswatini | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 30 | Liberia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Fiji | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 32 | French Polynesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 33 | Maldives | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Barbados | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 36 | Montenegro | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 37 | New Caledonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 38 | Bermuda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.5% | falling |
| 39 | Togo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 40 | Mauritania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 41 | Malawi | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 42 | South Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2015 | up 22.7% | flat |
| 43 | Somalia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 66.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Namibia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Mauritius | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 47 | Tajikistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Brunei | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 49 | Bahamas | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 50 | Rwanda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 52 | Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Laos | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Palestine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Moldova | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2023 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 57 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Madagascar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 59 | Botswana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 60 | Afghanistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Jamaica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 35.8% | falling |
| 62 | Niger | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Chad | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Gabon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Benin | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Malta | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Yemen | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2018 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Syria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2022 | up 87.3% | rising |
| 69 | Burkina Faso | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Mongolia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 71 | Haiti | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 72 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 73 | Mozambique | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 74 | Armenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 55.1% | volatile |
| 75 | Guyana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 76 | Lebanon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 83.8% | falling |
| 77 | Albania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 64.4% | falling |
| 79 | Zambia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Mali | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Iceland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 83 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Senegal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Georgia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Cyprus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 87 | El Salvador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 88 | Honduras | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 89 | Estonia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Latvia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Bahrain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Paraguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Nepal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Libya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 97 | Cambodia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Macao | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Tunisia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 100 | Sudan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Cameroon | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Bolivia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Uganda | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Jordan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Slovenia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Myanmar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Belarus | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Uruguay | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Lithuania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 112 | Tanzania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 113 | Ghana | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Serbia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Luxembourg | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Panama | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Croatia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 118 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 119 | Costa Rica | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 120 | Sri Lanka | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 121 | Oman | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Cuba | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2020 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Angola | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Puerto Rico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 126 | Guatemala | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Venezuela | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 79.8% | volatile |
| 128 | Kenya | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Dominican Republic | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 130 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Ecuador | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Slovakia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Kuwait | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Ethiopia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 62.2% | volatile |
| 135 | Morocco | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 136 | Ukraine | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Qatar | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Hungary | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 139 | Greece | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 140 | New Zealand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Nigeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 134.8% | volatile |
| 142 | Algeria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Finland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 144 | Iraq | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 145 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Peru | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Portugal | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 148 | Chile | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Czechia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Romania | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 151 | Egypt | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Pakistan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 153 | Hong Kong | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 154 | Denmark | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 155 | South Africa | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 156 | Malaysia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Colombia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 158 | Bangladesh | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 61.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Norway | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 160 | Iran | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Philippines | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 33.7% | volatile |
| 162 | Vietnam | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Austria | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 164 | United Arab Emirates | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Thailand | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Singapore | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 45.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Israel | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.8% | falling |
| 168 | Sweden | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 169 | Ireland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Argentina | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Belgium | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 172 | Poland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Switzerland | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 174 | Netherlands | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 175 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 37.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Turkey | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Indonesia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Spain | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 179 | Australia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 180 | South Korea | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 181 | Mexico | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 182 | Russia | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Brazil | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 184 | Canada | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 185 | Italy | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 186 | France | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 187 | United Kingdom | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 188 | India | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Japan | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | up 19.4% | flat |
| 190 | Germany | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 191 | China | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 192 | United States | 0 units per US$ of GDP | 2024 | down 39.8% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Minimum requirement calories divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Minimum requirement calories ÷ GDP (current US$)
Computed from
- Minimum requirement calories Our World in Data
- GDP Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Minimum requirement calories divided by GDP (current US$), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.