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Botswana vs Jamaica: Dietary composition by country

Botswana
54.22 kilocalories per day per capita
in 2023
Jamaica
59.03 kilocalories per day per capita
in 2023
Botswana rank
22nd
Jamaica rank
21st

Dietary composition by country over time

  • Botswana
  • Jamaica
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How they compare

Jamaica currently reports 59.03 kilocalories per day per capita against 54.22 kilocalories per day per capita in Botswana, a difference of 4.81 kilocalories per day per capita.

That makes Jamaica's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.

Botswana ranks 22nd and Jamaica ranks 21st 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

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.