Gambia vs Lesotho: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value over time
- Gambia
- Lesotho
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 1,789 kcal/cap/d against 1,788 kcal/cap/d in Lesotho, a difference of 1 kcal/cap/d.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Lesotho ahead.
Gambia ranks 131st and Lesotho ranks 133rd of 181 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Gambia averaged higher in 1 and Lesotho in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Gambia | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,725 kcal/cap/d | 1,744 kcal/cap/d | 18.8 kcal/cap/d | Lesotho |
| 2010s | 1,747 kcal/cap/d | 1,755 kcal/cap/d | 8 kcal/cap/d | Lesotho |
| 2020s | 1,778 kcal/cap/d | 1,777 kcal/cap/d | 1.17 kcal/cap/d | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value, Gambia or Lesotho?
- Gambia, at 1,789 kcal/cap/d against 1,788 kcal/cap/d in Lesotho as of 2025.
- What is the difference in minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value between Gambia and Lesotho?
- 1 kcal/cap/d, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Lesotho?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Gambia and Lesotho rank globally for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Gambia ranks 131st and Lesotho ranks 133rd 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.