Minimum daily requirement of calories in Congo
Congo: Minimum daily requirement of calories was 1,751 kilocalories per person per day in 2024. ▬ Flat
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Congo, 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 Congo stood at 1,751 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 1.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum daily requirement of calories in Congo peaked at 1,751 kilocalories per person per day in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,724 kilocalories per person per day, in 2000.
That places Congo 161st out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Congo, year by year
| Year | kilocalories per person per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,724 kilocalories per person per day | — |
| 2001 | 1,729 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 1,729 kilocalories per person per day | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1,730 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,733 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,735 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,736 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,737 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,736 kilocalories per person per day | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,736 kilocalories per person per day | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,736 kilocalories per person per day | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1,733 kilocalories per person per day | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 1,730 kilocalories per person per day | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,727 kilocalories per person per day | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,725 kilocalories per person per day | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,725 kilocalories per person per day | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1,726 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,728 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,730 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,733 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,736 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,740 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,743 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,747 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,751 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 1,751 kilocalories per person per day is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,774 kilocalories per person per day, 99% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Congo's 1,751 kilocalories per person per day is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 1,753 kilocalories per person per day, 100% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,732 kilocalories per person per day | 1,724 kilocalories per person per day | 1,737 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,729 kilocalories per person per day | 1,725 kilocalories per person per day | 1,736 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,743 kilocalories per person per day | 1,736 kilocalories per person per day | 1,751 kilocalories per person per day | 5 |
Countries ranked near Congo
More reference data data for Congo
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1866 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2108 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0031 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2108 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0668 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0724 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.9126 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.08 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.017 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum daily requirement of calories in Congo?
- Minimum daily requirement of calories in Congo was 1,751 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 Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 1,751 kilocalories per person per day in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum daily requirement of calories recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,724 kilocalories per person per day in 2000.
- How does Congo rank for minimum daily requirement of calories?
- Congo ranks 161st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is minimum daily requirement of calories rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Congo 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.