Japan vs Paraguay: Dietary composition by country
Japan
9.21 kilocalories per day per capita
in 2022
Paraguay
9.64 kilocalories per day per capita
in 2023
Japan rank
100th
Paraguay rank
97th
Dietary composition by country over time
- Japan
- Paraguay
How they compare
Paraguay currently reports 9.64 kilocalories per day per capita against 9.21 kilocalories per day per capita in Japan, a difference of 0.43 kilocalories per day per capita.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Paraguay ahead.
Japan ranks 100th and Paraguay ranks 97th of 191 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Paraguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Paraguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 kilocalories per day per capita | 0 kilocalories per day per capita | 0 kilocalories per day per capita | — |
| 1970s | 0.0978 kilocalories per day per capita | 0 kilocalories per day per capita | 0.0978 kilocalories per day per capita | Japan |
| 1980s | 1.09 kilocalories per day per capita | 0.1054 kilocalories per day per capita | 0.9826 kilocalories per day per capita | Japan |
| 1990s | 1.58 kilocalories per day per capita | 2.83 kilocalories per day per capita | 1.25 kilocalories per day per capita | Paraguay |
| 2000s | 3.47 kilocalories per day per capita | 3.58 kilocalories per day per capita | 0.1079 kilocalories per day per capita | Paraguay |
| 2010s | 10.97 kilocalories per day per capita | 8.4 kilocalories per day per capita | 2.58 kilocalories per day per capita | Japan |
| 2020s | 9.14 kilocalories per day per capita | 9.79 kilocalories per day per capita | 0.6509 kilocalories per day per capita | Paraguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher dietary composition by country, Japan or Paraguay?
- Paraguay, at 9.64 kilocalories per day per capita against 9.21 kilocalories per day per capita in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in dietary composition by country between Japan and Paraguay?
- 0.43 kilocalories per day per capita, with Paraguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Paraguay?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Paraguay rank globally for dietary composition by country?
- Japan ranks 100th and Paraguay ranks 97th of 191 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Dietary composition by country. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
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.