Burkina Faso vs Sao Tome and Principe: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value over time
- Burkina Faso
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 1,781 kcal/cap/d against 1,778 kcal/cap/d in Burkina Faso, a difference of 3 kcal/cap/d.
Across all 26 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.
Burkina Faso ranks 138th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 136th of 181 countries.
Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,704 kcal/cap/d | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | 28.6 kcal/cap/d | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 1,718 kcal/cap/d | 1,745 kcal/cap/d | 26.6 kcal/cap/d | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 1,762 kcal/cap/d | 1,774 kcal/cap/d | 11.83 kcal/cap/d | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value, Burkina Faso or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 1,781 kcal/cap/d against 1,778 kcal/cap/d in Burkina Faso as of 2025.
- What is the difference in minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value between Burkina Faso and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 3 kcal/cap/d, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Burkina Faso and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Burkina Faso ranks 138th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 136th of 181 countries.
- 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.