Minimum daily requirement of calories in Bhutan
Bhutan: Minimum daily requirement of calories was 1,853 kilocalories per person per day in 2024. ▲ Rising
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Bhutan, 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 Bhutan stood at 1,853 kilocalories per person per day. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum daily requirement of calories in Bhutan peaked at 1,853 kilocalories per person per day in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,691 kilocalories per person per day, in 2000.
Bhutan ranks 95th 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.
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kilocalories per person per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,691 kilocalories per person per day | — |
| 2001 | 1,704 kilocalories per person per day | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 1,715 kilocalories per person per day | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 1,725 kilocalories per person per day | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,736 kilocalories per person per day | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,745 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,751 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,762 kilocalories per person per day | +0.6% |
| 2008 | 1,770 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,778 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,785 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,792 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,796 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,800 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,803 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,807 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,812 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1,817 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 1,824 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,831 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,837 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 1,842 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,846 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,849 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,853 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 1,853 kilocalories per person per day is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,774 kilocalories per person per day, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 1,853 kilocalories per person per day is above the median for South Asia, which is 1,802 kilocalories per person per day, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,738 kilocalories per person per day | 1,691 kilocalories per person per day | 1,778 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,807 kilocalories per person per day | 1,785 kilocalories per person per day | 1,831 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,845 kilocalories per person per day | 1,837 kilocalories per person per day | 1,853 kilocalories per person per day | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More reference data data for Bhutan
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0217 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0671 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.1192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0167 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.1192 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0727 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0153 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3489 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.5881 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum daily requirement of calories in Bhutan?
- Minimum daily requirement of calories in Bhutan was 1,853 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 Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 1,853 kilocalories per person per day in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum daily requirement of calories recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,691 kilocalories per person per day in 2000.
- How does Bhutan rank for minimum daily requirement of calories?
- Bhutan ranks 95th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is minimum daily requirement of calories rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.