Japan vs Maldives: Daily supply of calories per person
Japan
2,670 kilocalories per day
in 2022
Maldives
2,671 kilocalories per day
in 2023
Japan rank
140th
Maldives rank
139th
Daily supply of calories per person over time
- Japan
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 2,671 kilocalories per day against 2,670 kilocalories per day in Japan, a difference of 1 kilocalories per day.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 140th and Maldives ranks 139th of 191 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,540 kilocalories per day | 1,570 kilocalories per day | 969.6 kilocalories per day | Japan |
| 1970s | 2,696 kilocalories per day | 1,742 kilocalories per day | 953.8 kilocalories per day | Japan |
| 1980s | 2,824 kilocalories per day | 2,210 kilocalories per day | 613.2 kilocalories per day | Japan |
| 1990s | 2,901 kilocalories per day | 2,308 kilocalories per day | 593.43 kilocalories per day | Japan |
| 2000s | 2,793 kilocalories per day | 2,372 kilocalories per day | 420.47 kilocalories per day | Japan |
| 2010s | 2,687 kilocalories per day | 2,661 kilocalories per day | 25.97 kilocalories per day | Japan |
| 2020s | 2,658 kilocalories per day | 2,637 kilocalories per day | 21.34 kilocalories per day | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher daily supply of calories per person, Japan or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 2,671 kilocalories per day against 2,670 kilocalories per day in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in daily supply of calories per person between Japan and Maldives?
- 1 kilocalories per day, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Maldives?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Maldives rank globally for daily supply of calories per person?
- Japan ranks 140th and Maldives ranks 139th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Daily supply of calories per person. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.