Minimum daily requirement of calories in Honduras
Honduras: Minimum daily requirement of calories was 1,781 kilocalories per person per day in 2024. ▲ Rising
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Honduras, 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
The most recent figure for minimum daily requirement of calories in Honduras is 1,781 kilocalories per person per day, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum daily requirement of calories in Honduras peaked at 1,781 kilocalories per person per day in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,673 kilocalories per person per day, in 2000.
Honduras ranks 143rd 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 Honduras, year by year
| Year | kilocalories per person per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,673 kilocalories per person per day | — |
| 2001 | 1,676 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 1,680 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,684 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,689 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 1,694 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,699 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 1,706 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 1,713 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,720 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 1,727 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,734 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,740 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,745 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,750 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,754 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,758 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,762 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,765 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,768 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,771 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,773 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 1,776 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,778 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,781 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 1,781 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)
- Honduras's 1,781 kilocalories per person per day is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,871 kilocalories per person per day, 95% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,693 kilocalories per person per day | 1,673 kilocalories per person per day | 1,720 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,750 kilocalories per person per day | 1,727 kilocalories per person per day | 1,768 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,776 kilocalories per person per day | 1,771 kilocalories per person per day | 1,781 kilocalories per person per day | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
- 140 Equatorial Guinea 1,784 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 140 Gambia 1,784 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 142 Lesotho 1,783 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 144 Sao Tome and Principe 1,779 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 145 Philippines 1,775 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 145 Tokelau 1,775 kilocalories per person per day compare
More reference data data for Honduras
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.3649 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.7924 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0527 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.1 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.22 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.4642 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 4.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 10.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.287 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum daily requirement of calories in Honduras?
- Minimum daily requirement of calories in Honduras was 1,781 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 1,781 kilocalories per person per day in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum daily requirement of calories recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,673 kilocalories per person per day in 2000.
- How does Honduras rank for minimum daily requirement of calories?
- Honduras ranks 143rd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is minimum daily requirement of calories rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Honduras 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.