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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.

01,0002,0003,0004,00019401960198020002020China3,527South Korea3,430World3,006North Korea1,981

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North Korea: 1,981 kcal (2018)
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Free 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://liberatenorthkorea.org/data/calories