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title: "Food per person per day: North Korea data | Save North Korea"
description: "Food per person per day: Calories available per person per day. Around 2,100 kcal is the usual minimum. Interactive chart, table and CSV download, with source and date."
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# Food per person per day

### Food per person per day

Calories available per person per day. Around 2,100 kcal is the usual minimum.

**Source:** [Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources, via Our World in Data](https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-per-capita-caloric-supply) (CC BY 4.0)  ·  Data downloaded 2026-10-05, source updated 2026-03-02

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## About this data

Latest

North Korea: 1,981 kcal (2018)

License

CC BY 4.0

How to cite

Save North Korea (2026). “Food per person per day”. Data from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources, via Our World in Data. https://savenorthkorea.org/data/calories

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