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Denmark vs Iceland: Daily supply of calories per person

Denmark
3,734 kilocalories per day
in 2023
Iceland
3,681 kilocalories per day
in 2023
Denmark rank
9th
Iceland rank
11th

Daily supply of calories per person over time

  • Denmark
  • Iceland
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How they compare

Denmark currently reports 3,734 kilocalories per day against 3,681 kilocalories per day in Iceland, a difference of 52.8 kilocalories per day.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1947 it was Iceland ahead.

Denmark ranks 9th and Iceland ranks 11th of 191 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Daily supply of calories per person
Unit
kilocalories per day
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
192 places, 10,444 data points, 1274–2023
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Measured in kilocalories per person per day. This indicates the calories that are available for consumption, but does not necessarily measure the number of calories actually consumed, since it doesn't factor in consumer waste.