Minimum daily requirement of calories in El Salvador
El Salvador: Minimum daily requirement of calories was 1,796 kilocalories per person per day in 2024. ▲ Rising
Minimum daily requirement of calories in El Salvador, 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 El Salvador stood at 1,796 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 1.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum daily requirement of calories in El Salvador peaked at 1,796 kilocalories per person per day in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,709 kilocalories per person per day, in 2000.
El Salvador ranks 128th 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 El Salvador, year by year
| Year | kilocalories per person per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,709 kilocalories per person per day | — |
| 2001 | 1,712 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,715 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,719 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,723 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,727 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 1,731 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,735 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 1,740 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 1,745 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 1,750 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 1,755 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,759 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,762 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,766 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,769 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,772 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,775 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,778 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,781 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,784 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,787 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,790 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,793 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,796 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
El Salvador compared with similar countries
- El Salvador's 1,796 kilocalories per person per day is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,856 kilocalories per person per day, 97% of the median. (57 countries reporting)
- El Salvador's 1,796 kilocalories per person per day is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,871 kilocalories per person per day, 96% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,726 kilocalories per person per day | 1,709 kilocalories per person per day | 1,745 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,767 kilocalories per person per day | 1,750 kilocalories per person per day | 1,781 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,790 kilocalories per person per day | 1,784 kilocalories per person per day | 1,796 kilocalories per person per day | 5 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 125 Belize 1,799 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
- 129 Gabon 1,795 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 129 Ghana 1,795 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 131 Algeria 1,794 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 131 Guyana 1,794 kilocalories per person per day compare
More reference data data for El Salvador
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.2714 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.6267 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0909 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.78 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.3176 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 8.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.4948 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum daily requirement of calories in El Salvador?
- Minimum daily requirement of calories in El Salvador was 1,796 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,796 kilocalories per person per day in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum daily requirement of calories recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,709 kilocalories per person per day in 2000.
- How does El Salvador rank for minimum daily requirement of calories?
- El Salvador ranks 128th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is minimum daily requirement of calories rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.