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.
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Maldives, year by year
| Year | kilocalories per person per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,718 kilocalories per person per day | — |
| 2001 | 1,730 kilocalories per person per day | +0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,741 kilocalories per person per day | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 1,752 kilocalories per person per day | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,762 kilocalories per person per day | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 1,771 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,782 kilocalories per person per day | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,796 kilocalories per person per day | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 1,808 kilocalories per person per day | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,818 kilocalories per person per day | +0.6% |
| 2010 | 1,826 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,832 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,837 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,842 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,846 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,851 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,873 kilocalories per person per day | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,880 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,887 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,894 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,901 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,909 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,914 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 1,916 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,918 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 1,918 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)
- Maldives's 1,918 kilocalories per person per day is above the median for South Asia, which is 1,802 kilocalories per person per day, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
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 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
More reference data data for Maldives
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0011 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0044 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1.16 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 0.0004 (2050)
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.