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Lesotho vs Madagascar: Daily supply of calories per person

Lesotho
1,873 kilocalories per day
in 2023
Madagascar
1,978 kilocalories per day
in 2023
Lesotho rank
188th
Madagascar rank
186th

Daily supply of calories per person over time

  • Lesotho
  • Madagascar
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How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 1,978 kilocalories per day against 1,873 kilocalories per day in Lesotho, a difference of 105.26 kilocalories per day.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Lesotho's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.

Lesotho ranks 188th and Madagascar ranks 186th 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
Last refreshed

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.