Minimum daily requirement of calories in Cape Verde
Cape Verde: Minimum daily requirement of calories was 1,885 kilocalories per person per day in 2024. ▲ Rising
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Cape Verde, 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 Cape Verde stood at 1,885 kilocalories per person per day. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum daily requirement of calories in Cape Verde peaked at 1,885 kilocalories per person per day in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,748 kilocalories per person per day, in 2000.
Cape Verde ranks 81st 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 Cape Verde, year by year
| Year | kilocalories per person per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,748 kilocalories per person per day | — |
| 2001 | 1,757 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 1,766 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,776 kilocalories per person per day | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,785 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,794 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,803 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,811 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,819 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,827 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,834 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,841 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,846 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,851 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,855 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,857 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,859 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,859 kilocalories per person per day | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1,858 kilocalories per person per day | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,857 kilocalories per person per day | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 1,856 kilocalories per person per day | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 1,860 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,870 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 1,878 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,885 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
Cape Verde compared with similar countries
- Cape Verde's 1,885 kilocalories per person per day is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,856 kilocalories per person per day, 1.0× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Cape Verde's 1,885 kilocalories per person per day is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,753 kilocalories per person per day, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,789 kilocalories per person per day | 1,748 kilocalories per person per day | 1,827 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,852 kilocalories per person per day | 1,834 kilocalories per person per day | 1,859 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,870 kilocalories per person per day | 1,856 kilocalories per person per day | 1,885 kilocalories per person per day | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cape Verde
- 78 Armenia 1,889 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 78 Uruguay 1,889 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 80 Dominica 1,886 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 82 Azerbaijan 1,884 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 82 Hong Kong 1,884 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 84 Turkey 1,878 kilocalories per person per day compare
More reference data data for Cape Verde
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0737 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 33.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 33.15 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 53.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied 39.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 39.35 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 127.77 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Burning - Crop 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 15.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 92.15 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum daily requirement of calories in Cape Verde?
- Minimum daily requirement of calories in Cape Verde was 1,885 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 Cape Verde?
- The highest recorded value was 1,885 kilocalories per person per day in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum daily requirement of calories recorded in Cape Verde?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,748 kilocalories per person per day in 2000.
- How does Cape Verde rank for minimum daily requirement of calories?
- Cape Verde ranks 81st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is minimum daily requirement of calories rising or falling in Cape Verde?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cape Verde 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.