Minimum requirement calories by country
Countries reporting
195
Highest
2,025
Qatar
Lowest
1,647
Central African Republic
Median
1,848
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,874
What the numbers show
Minimum requirement calories is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 2,025 in Qatar; the lowest is 1,647 in Central African Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,848, and the mean is 1,842.
Over the past decade 152 countries rose and 41 fell. The largest increase was in Kenya (up 5.4%), and the largest decrease in Uzbekistan (down 1.8%).
Minimum requirement calories: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 2,025 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 2,007 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1,981 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 1,977 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | United States | 1,972 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 6 | Finland | 1,970 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 7 | Norway | 1,968 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 8 | Iceland | 1,966 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 8 | Malta | 1,966 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 10 | Switzerland | 1,964 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 10 | Estonia | 1,964 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 12 | Belgium | 1,958 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 12 | Denmark | 1,958 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 14 | Sweden | 1,956 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 15 | Kuwait | 1,952 | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 15 | Slovakia | 1,952 | 2024 | down 0.7% | flat |
| 17 | Cyprus | 1,951 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 17 | Czechia | 1,951 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 19 | Italy | 1,948 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 20 | Bahrain | 1,947 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 21 | Austria | 1,946 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 21 | Hungary | 1,946 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 23 | Germany | 1,945 | 2024 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 24 | Greece | 1,941 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 25 | Spain | 1,937 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 1,937 | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 25 | Poland | 1,937 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 28 | Jamaica | 1,936 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 29 | Ukraine | 1,934 | 2024 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 30 | Bermuda | 1,932 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 30 | Puerto Rico | 1,932 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 32 | Canada | 1,928 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 32 | France | 1,928 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 32 | Ireland | 1,928 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 35 | New Zealand | 1,925 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 35 | Slovenia | 1,925 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 37 | Bahamas | 1,924 | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 1,924 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,923 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 40 | Australia | 1,922 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 41 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,920 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 41 | Singapore | 1,920 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 43 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,919 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 43 | Bulgaria | 1,919 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 43 | Grenada | 1,919 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 43 | Romania | 1,919 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 47 | Croatia | 1,918 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 47 | Maldives | 1,918 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 47 | Portugal | 1,918 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 50 | North Macedonia | 1,915 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 51 | Serbia | 1,912 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 52 | Russia | 1,911 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 53 | Lithuania | 1,910 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Belarus | 1,909 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 54 | Barbados | 1,909 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 56 | Albania | 1,908 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 56 | South Korea | 1,908 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,907 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 59 | Taiwan | 1,906 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 60 | Oman | 1,904 | 2024 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 60 | French Polynesia | 1,904 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 62 | Chile | 1,903 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 62 | Montenegro | 1,903 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 62 | Saudi Arabia | 1,903 | 2024 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 65 | China | 1,902 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 66 | Argentina | 1,901 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 1,899 | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 68 | Latvia | 1,898 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 68 | Mauritius | 1,898 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 70 | Georgia | 1,897 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 70 | Thailand | 1,897 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 72 | Seychelles | 1,895 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 73 | Brazil | 1,894 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 74 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,893 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 75 | Moldova | 1,892 | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 76 | Cuba | 1,890 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 76 | Macao | 1,890 | 2024 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 78 | Armenia | 1,889 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 78 | Uruguay | 1,889 | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 80 | Dominica | 1,886 | 2024 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 81 | Cape Verde | 1,885 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 82 | Azerbaijan | 1,884 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 82 | Hong Kong | 1,884 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 84 | Turkey | 1,878 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 85 | Brunei | 1,877 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 86 | Japan | 1,872 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 87 | Malaysia | 1,868 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 88 | Iran | 1,858 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 88 | Libya | 1,858 | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 88 | North Korea | 1,858 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 91 | Djibouti | 1,856 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 1,856 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 91 | Mexico | 1,856 | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 94 | Morocco | 1,855 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 95 | Bhutan | 1,853 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 96 | South Africa | 1,849 | 2024 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 97 | Fiji | 1,848 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 97 | Suriname | 1,848 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 99 | Lebanon | 1,839 | 2024 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 100 | Colombia | 1,838 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 101 | Jordan | 1,836 | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 101 | Syria | 1,836 | 2024 | up 4.9% | flat |
| 103 | Tonga | 1,833 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 103 | Venezuela | 1,833 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 105 | Paraguay | 1,832 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 106 | Egypt | 1,831 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 106 | Tunisia | 1,831 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 108 | Haiti | 1,830 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 109 | Laos | 1,827 | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 110 | Botswana | 1,825 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 1,819 | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 112 | Samoa | 1,818 | 2024 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,817 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 114 | Uzbekistan | 1,812 | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 115 | Ecuador | 1,809 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 116 | India | 1,808 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 117 | New Caledonia | 1,807 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 117 | Eswatini | 1,807 | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 119 | Kenya | 1,806 | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 120 | Peru | 1,805 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 121 | Myanmar | 1,803 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 122 | Panama | 1,802 | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 122 | Senegal | 1,802 | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 124 | Mongolia | 1,800 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 125 | Belize | 1,799 | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 126 | Indonesia | 1,797 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 1,797 | 2024 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 128 | El Salvador | 1,796 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 129 | Gabon | 1,795 | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 129 | Ghana | 1,795 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 131 | Algeria | 1,794 | 2024 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 131 | Guyana | 1,794 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 1,792 | 2023 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 134 | Kiribati | 1,791 | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 134 | Namibia | 1,791 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 134 | Turkmenistan | 1,791 | 2024 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 137 | Iraq | 1,790 | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 138 | Israel | 1,789 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 139 | Vietnam | 1,786 | 2024 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 140 | Gambia | 1,784 | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 140 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,784 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 142 | Lesotho | 1,783 | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 143 | Honduras | 1,781 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 144 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1,779 | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 145 | Philippines | 1,775 | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 145 | Tokelau | 1,775 | 2024 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 1,774 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 148 | Cambodia | 1,773 | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 149 | Burkina Faso | 1,772 | 2024 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 150 | Bolivia | 1,771 | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 151 | Bangladesh | 1,769 | 2024 | up 0.9% | flat |
| 152 | Nepal | 1,766 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 153 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,761 | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 154 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,759 | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 155 | Cameroon | 1,756 | 2024 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 155 | Comoros | 1,756 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 155 | Sierra Leone | 1,756 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 155 | South Sudan | 1,756 | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 155 | Togo | 1,756 | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 160 | Zimbabwe | 1,755 | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 161 | Congo | 1,751 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 162 | Eritrea | 1,749 | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 163 | Mauritania | 1,745 | 2024 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 164 | Rwanda | 1,743 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 165 | Papua New Guinea | 1,742 | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 166 | Micronesia (country) | 1,741 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 167 | Nigeria | 1,740 | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 168 | Ethiopia | 1,739 | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 169 | Pakistan | 1,738 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 169 | Palestine | 1,738 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 171 | East Timor | 1,736 | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 172 | Guinea | 1,735 | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 173 | Liberia | 1,734 | 2024 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 173 | Tuvalu | 1,734 | 2024 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 175 | Benin | 1,732 | 2024 | up 1.4% | flat |
| 176 | Guatemala | 1,731 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 177 | Solomon Islands | 1,728 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 178 | Sudan | 1,727 | 2024 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 178 | Zambia | 1,727 | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 180 | Mali | 1,724 | 2024 | up 4.7% | flat |
| 181 | Uganda | 1,723 | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 182 | Malawi | 1,720 | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 183 | Chad | 1,711 | 2024 | up 1.6% | flat |
| 184 | Tanzania | 1,710 | 2024 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 185 | Madagascar | 1,704 | 2024 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 186 | Somalia | 1,703 | 2024 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 187 | Niger | 1,698 | 2024 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 188 | Vanuatu | 1,696 | 2024 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 189 | Yemen | 1,687 | 2024 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 190 | Mozambique | 1,679 | 2024 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 191 | Angola | 1,678 | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 191 | Burundi | 1,678 | 2024 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 193 | Afghanistan | 1,667 | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 194 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1,658 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 195 | Central African Republic | 1,647 | 2024 | down 0.3% | flat |