Cape Verde vs Iceland: Dietary composition by country

Cape Verde

64.59 kilocalories per day per capita

in 2023

Iceland

66.23 kilocalories per day per capita

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

20th

Iceland rank

18th

Dietary composition by country over time

Cape Verde
Iceland

How they compare

Iceland currently reports 66.23 kilocalories per day per capita against 64.59 kilocalories per day per capita in Cape Verde, a difference of 1.64 kilocalories per day per capita.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Iceland ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 20th and Iceland ranks 18th 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.