Africa vs Canada: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value over time
- Africa
- Canada
How they compare
Canada currently reports 1,928 kcal/cap/d against 1,751 kcal/cap/d in Africa, a difference of 177 kcal/cap/d.
That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Africa's.
Across all 26 years both countries report, Canada has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 31st and Canada ranks 33rd of 37 groups.
Canada has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | Canada | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,709 kcal/cap/d | 1,934 kcal/cap/d | 225.8 kcal/cap/d | Canada |
| 2010s | 1,722 kcal/cap/d | 1,930 kcal/cap/d | 208.5 kcal/cap/d | Canada |
| 2020s | 1,744 kcal/cap/d | 1,928 kcal/cap/d | 183.33 kcal/cap/d | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value, Africa or Canada?
- Canada, at 1,928 kcal/cap/d against 1,751 kcal/cap/d in Africa as of 2025.
- What is the difference in minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value between Africa and Canada?
- 177 kcal/cap/d, with Canada ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and Canada?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Africa and Canada rank globally for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Africa ranks 31st and Canada ranks 33rd of 37 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.