Sierra Leone vs Zimbabwe: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value over time
- Sierra Leone
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 1,761 kcal/cap/d against 1,759 kcal/cap/d in Sierra Leone, a difference of 2 kcal/cap/d.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 148th and Zimbabwe ranks 145th of 181 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 1 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,674 kcal/cap/d | 1,725 kcal/cap/d | 50.8 kcal/cap/d | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 1,718 kcal/cap/d | 1,720 kcal/cap/d | 1.2 kcal/cap/d | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 1,750 kcal/cap/d | 1,749 kcal/cap/d | 1 kcal/cap/d | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value, Sierra Leone or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 1,761 kcal/cap/d against 1,759 kcal/cap/d in Sierra Leone as of 2025.
- What is the difference in minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value between Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
- 2 kcal/cap/d, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe rank globally for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Sierra Leone ranks 148th and Zimbabwe ranks 145th 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.