Cameroon vs Zambia: Dietary composition by country

Cameroon

4.36 kilocalories per day per capita

in 2023

Zambia

4.06 kilocalories per day per capita

in 2023

Cameroon rank

126th

Zambia rank

129th

Dietary composition by country over time

Cameroon
Zambia

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 4.36 kilocalories per day per capita against 4.06 kilocalories per day per capita in Zambia, a difference of 0.3 kilocalories per day per capita.

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

The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zambia ahead.

Cameroon ranks 126th and Zambia ranks 129th 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.