Minimum daily requirement of calories in Belize
Belize: Minimum daily requirement of calories was 1,799 kilocalories per person per day in 2024. ▲ Rising
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Belize, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilocalories per person per day.
Analysis
In 2024, minimum daily requirement of calories in Belize stood at 1,799 kilocalories per person per day. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum daily requirement of calories in Belize peaked at 1,799 kilocalories per person per day in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,695 kilocalories per person per day, in 2000.
Belize ranks 125th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,710 kilocalories per person per day | 1,695 kilocalories per person per day | 1,727 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,759 kilocalories per person per day | 1,733 kilocalories per person per day | 1,778 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,791 kilocalories per person per day | 1,782 kilocalories per person per day | 1,799 kilocalories per person per day | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 122 Panama 1,802 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 122 Senegal 1,802 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 124 Mongolia 1,800 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 126 Indonesia 1,797 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 126 Sri Lanka 1,797 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 128 El Salvador 1,796 kilocalories per person per day compare
More reference data data for Belize
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- Summer temperature anomalies 0.8975 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.5009 °C (2026)
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- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.2304 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.857 °C (2025)
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- Competitive elections 1 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum daily requirement of calories in Belize?
- Minimum daily requirement of calories in Belize was 1,799 kilocalories per person per day in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest minimum daily requirement of calories recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 1,799 kilocalories per person per day in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum daily requirement of calories recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,695 kilocalories per person per day in 2000.
- How does Belize rank for minimum daily requirement of calories?
- Belize ranks 125th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is minimum daily requirement of calories rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Minimum daily requirement of calories. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.