Minimum daily requirement of calories in Somalia
Somalia: Minimum daily requirement of calories was 1,703 kilocalories per person per day in 2024. ▬ Flat
Minimum daily requirement of calories in Somalia, 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
Somalia recorded 1,703 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 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, minimum daily requirement of calories in Somalia peaked at 1,703 kilocalories per person per day in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1,681 kilocalories per person per day, in 2005.
That places Somalia 186th out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,683 kilocalories per person per day | 1,681 kilocalories per person per day | 1,686 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,694 kilocalories per person per day | 1,686 kilocalories per person per day | 1,697 kilocalories per person per day | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,701 kilocalories per person per day | 1,698 kilocalories per person per day | 1,703 kilocalories per person per day | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 183 Chad 1,711 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 184 Tanzania 1,710 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 185 Madagascar 1,704 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 187 Niger 1,698 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 188 Vanuatu 1,696 kilocalories per person per day compare
- 189 Yemen 1,687 kilocalories per person per day compare
More reference data data for Somalia
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.484 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.06 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.3971 °C (2026)
- Elected parliament 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 0 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.697 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.6624 °C (2025)
- Democracy 0 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is minimum daily requirement of calories in Somalia?
- Minimum daily requirement of calories in Somalia was 1,703 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,703 kilocalories per person per day in 2024.
- What is the lowest minimum daily requirement of calories recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,681 kilocalories per person per day in 2005.
- How does Somalia rank for minimum daily requirement of calories?
- Somalia ranks 186th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is minimum daily requirement of calories rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Somalia 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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About this data
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.