Minimum daily requirement of calories in Maldives
Maldives: Minimum daily requirement of calories was 1,918 kilocalories per person per day in 2024. ▲ Rising
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Maldives, 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 Maldives stood at 1,918 kilocalories per person per day. That is the highest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 3.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum daily requirement of calories in Maldives peaked at 1,918 kilocalories per person per day in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,718 kilocalories per person per day, in 2000.
That places Maldives 47th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,768 kilocalories per person per day | 1,718 kilocalories per person per day | 1,818 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,857 kilocalories per person per day | 1,826 kilocalories per person per day | 1,894 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,912 kilocalories per person per day | 1,901 kilocalories per person per day | 1,918 kilocalories per person per day | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum daily requirement of calories in Maldives?
- Minimum daily requirement of calories in Maldives was 1,918 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 1,918 kilocalories per person per day in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum daily requirement of calories recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,718 kilocalories per person per day in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for minimum daily requirement of calories?
- Maldives ranks 47th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is minimum daily requirement of calories rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives 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.