Minimum daily requirement of calories in Nepal
Nepal: Minimum daily requirement of calories was 1,766 kilocalories per person per day in 2024. ▲ Rising
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Nepal, 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
Nepal recorded 1,766 kilocalories per person per day for minimum daily requirement of calories in 2024. 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 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum daily requirement of calories in Nepal peaked at 1,766 kilocalories per person per day in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,658 kilocalories per person per day, in 2000.
That places Nepal 152nd out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Nepal, year by year
| Year | kilocalories per person per day | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,658 kilocalories per person per day | — |
| 2001 | 1,664 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 1,667 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 1,671 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 1,675 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 1,680 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 1,684 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,695 kilocalories per person per day | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1,703 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,711 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,718 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 1,725 kilocalories per person per day | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,729 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,732 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,734 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,737 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 1,740 kilocalories per person per day | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,741 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,743 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 1,748 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,756 kilocalories per person per day | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 1,762 kilocalories per person per day | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 1,764 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 1,765 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 1,766 kilocalories per person per day | +0.1% |
Nepal compared with similar countries
- Nepal's 1,766 kilocalories per person per day is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,774 kilocalories per person per day, 100% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nepal's 1,766 kilocalories per person per day is below the median for South Asia, which is 1,802 kilocalories per person per day, 98% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,681 kilocalories per person per day | 1,658 kilocalories per person per day | 1,711 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,735 kilocalories per person per day | 1,718 kilocalories per person per day | 1,748 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,763 kilocalories per person per day | 1,756 kilocalories per person per day | 1,766 kilocalories per person per day | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nepal
- 149 Burkina Faso 1,772 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 150 Bolivia 1,771 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 151 Bangladesh 1,769 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 153 Cote d'Ivoire 1,761 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 154 Guinea-Bissau 1,759 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 155 Cameroon 1,756 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 155 Comoros 1,756 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 155 Sierra Leone 1,756 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 155 South Sudan 1,756 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 155 Togo 1,756 kilocalories per person per day compare
More reference data data for Nepal
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7753 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.7853 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.14 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.7974 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 11.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 19.44 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 4.28 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum daily requirement of calories in Nepal?
- Minimum daily requirement of calories in Nepal was 1,766 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 Nepal?
- The highest recorded value was 1,766 kilocalories per person per day in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum daily requirement of calories recorded in Nepal?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,658 kilocalories per person per day in 2000.
- How does Nepal rank for minimum daily requirement of calories?
- Nepal ranks 152nd out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is minimum daily requirement of calories rising or falling in Nepal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nepal 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.