Benin vs Cameroon: Dietary composition by country

Benin

4.13 kilocalories per day per capita

in 2022

Cameroon

4.36 kilocalories per day per capita

in 2023

Benin rank

128th

Cameroon rank

126th

Dietary composition by country over time

Benin
Cameroon

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 4.36 kilocalories per day per capita against 4.13 kilocalories per day per capita in Benin, a difference of 0.2259 kilocalories per day per capita.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Benin's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Cameroon ahead.

Benin ranks 128th and Cameroon ranks 126th of 191 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Dietary composition by country
Unit: kilocalories per day per capita
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 191 places, 10,034 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Quantity that is available for consumption at the end of the supply chain. It does not account for consumer waste, so the quantity that is actually consumed may be lower.