According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the average minimum daily energy requirement is about {{convert|1800|kcal}} per person.[3]
| Rank | Country | Average daily dietary energy consumption per capita (2006-08)[4] |
|---|
| kilocalories | kilojoules |
|---|
| 1 | United States}} | 3800|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 2 | Austria}} | 3750|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 3 | Greece}} | 3710|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 4 | Belgium}} | 3690|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 5 | Luxembourg}} | 3680|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 6 | Italy}} | 3650|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 7 | Malta}} | 3600|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 8 | Ireland}} | 3590|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 9 | Portugal}} | 3580|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 10 | Germany}} | 3540|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 11 | Canada}} | 3530|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 12 | France}} | 3530|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 13 | Israel}} | 3530|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 14 | Kazakhstan}} | 3510|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 15 | Turkey}} | 3500|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 16 | Romania}} | 3490|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 17 | Hungary}} | 3470|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 18 | Norway}} | 3450|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 19 | Switzerland}} | 3450|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 20 | United Kingdom}} | 3450|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 21 | Lithuania}} | 3430|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 22 | Cuba}} | 3420|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 23 | Denmark}} | 3410|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 24 | Poland}} | 3410|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 25 | Tunisia}} | 3330|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 26 | Russia}} | 3320|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 27 | Ukraine}} | 3290|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 28 | Czech Republic}} | 3280|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 29 | Iceland}} | 3260|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 30 | Mexico}} | 3260|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 31 | Morocco}} | 3260|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| — | Netherlands Antilles}} | 3260|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 32 | Spain}} | 3260|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 33 | Australia}} | 3220|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 34 | Finland}} | 3220|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 35 | Slovenia}} | 3220|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 36 | Cyprus}} | 3190|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates}} | 3170|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 38 | Egypt}} | 3160|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 39 | Belarus}} | 3150|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 40 | Libya}} | 3150|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| — | New Caledonia}} | 3150|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 41 | Estonia}} | 3140|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 42 | Brazil}} | 3120|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 43 | Saudi Arabia}} | 3120|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 44 | Sweden}} | 3110|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 45 | Algeria}} | 3090|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 46 | Dominica}} | 3090|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 47 | Lebanon}} | 3090|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina}} | 3080|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 49 | Macedonia}} | 3060|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 50 | Iran}} | 3050|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 51 | South Korea}} | 3040|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 52 | Syria}} | 3040|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 53 | Argentina}} | 3030|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 54 | Kuwait}} | 3030|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 55 | Azerbaijan}} | 3020|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 56 | Barbados}} | 3020|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 57 | Fiji}} | 3000|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 58 | Jordan}} | 3000|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 59 | Netherlands}} | 3000|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 60 | South Africa}} | 3000|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 61 | China}} | 2990|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 62 | Croatia}} | 2990|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 63 | Latvia}} | 2990|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 64 | Brunei}} | 2980|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 65 | Chile}} | 2960|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 66 | Vanuatu}} | 2950|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 67 | Mauritius}} | 2930|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 68 | Ghana}} | 2900|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 69 | Slovakia}} | 2900|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 70 | Albania}} | 2890|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 71 | Malaysia}} | 2890|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 72 | Samoa}} | 2890|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| — | French Polynesia}} | 2880|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 73 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} | 2860|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 74 | Moldova}} | 2850|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 75 | Jamaica}} | 2840|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 76 | Uruguay}} | 2840|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 77 | Costa Rica}} | 2820|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 78 | Kiribati}} | 2820|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 79 | Mauritania}} | 2810|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 80 | New Zealand}} | 2810|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 81 | Japan}} | 2800|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 82 | Vietnam}} | 2780|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 83 | Bulgaria}} | 2760|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 84 | Guyana}} | 2740|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 85 | Turkmenistan}} | 2740|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 86 | Georgia}} | 2730|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 87 | Bahamas}} | 2710|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 88 | Belize}} | 2710|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 89 | Gabon}} | 2710|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 90 | Nigeria}} | 2710|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 91 | Saint Lucia}} | 2710|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 92 | Serbia}} | 2700|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 93 | Montenegro}} | 2700|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 94 | Trinidad and Tobago}} | 2700|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 95 | Burkina Faso}} | 2690|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 96 | Colombia}} | 2690|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 97 | Kyrgyzstan}} | 2660|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 98 | Paraguay}} | 2660|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 99 | Sao Tome and Principe}} | 2660|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 100 | Bermuda}} | 2650|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 101 | Venezuela}} | 2650|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 102 | Honduras}} | 2610|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 103 | Mali}} | 2590|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 104 | El Salvador}} | 2580|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 105 | Philippines}} | 2580|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 106 | Congo}} | 2570|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 107 | Uzbekistan}} | 2560|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 108 | Guinea}} | 2550|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 109 | Indonesia}} | 2550|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 110 | Maldives}} | 2550|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 111 | Thailand}} | 2540|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 112 | Cape Verde}} | 2530|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 113 | Benin}} | 2510|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 114 | Côte d'Ivoire}} | 2500|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 115 | Lesotho}} | 2460|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 116 | Saint Kitts and Nevis}} | 2460|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 117 | Suriname}} | 2460|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 118 | Panama}} | 2450|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 119 | Nicaragua}} | 2420|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 120 | Peru}} | 2410|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 121 | Grenada}} | 2400|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 122 | Seychelles}} | 2400|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 123 | Solomon Islands}} | 2400|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 124 | Niger}} | 2390|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 125 | Sri Lanka}} | 2370|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 126 | India}} | 2360|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 127 | Namibia}} | 2360|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 128 | Nepal}} | 2340|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda}} | 2330|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 130 | Gambia}} | 2330|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 131 | Djibouti}} | 2300|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 132 | Ecuador}} | 2300|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 133 | Swaziland}} | 2290|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 134 | Pakistan}} | 2280|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 135 | Senegal}} | 2280|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 136 | Sudan}} | 2280|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 137 | Bangladesh}} | 2270|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 138 | Dominican Republic}} | 2270|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 139 | Guinea-Bissau}} | 2270|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 140 | Armenia}} | 2260|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 141 | Cameroon}} | 2240|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 142 | Laos}} | 2240|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 143 | Mongolia}} | 2240|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 144 | Botswana}} | 2230|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 145 | Uganda}} | 2220|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 146 | Zimbabwe}} | 2210|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 147 | Liberia}} | 2200|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 148 | Tajikistan}} | 2190|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 149 | Cambodia}} | 2180|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 150 | Guatemala}} | 2150|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 151 | Malawi}} | 2150|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 152 | Togo}} | 2150|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 153 | Madagascar}} | 2130|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 154 | Sierra Leone}} | 2120|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 155 | North Korea}} | 2110|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 156 | Bolivia}} | 2100|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 157 | Rwanda}} | 2090|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 158 | Palestine}} | 2080|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 159 | Mozambique}} | 2070|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 160 | Yemen}} | 2050|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 161 | Kenya}} | 2030|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 162 | Timor-Leste}} | 2020|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 163 | Tanzania}} | 2020|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 164 | Chad}} | 2010|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 165 | Angola}} | 1960|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 166 | Central African Republic}} | 1960|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 167 | Ethiopia}} | 1950|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 168 | Zambia}} | 1880|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 169 | Haiti}} | 1850|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 170 | Comoros}} | 1840|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 171 | Burundi}} | 1680|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
| 172 | Eritrea}} | 1590|kcal|kJ|-1|disp=table}} |
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