Malta vs Portugal: Dietary composition by country

Malta

2.64 kilocalories per day per capita

in 2023

Portugal

3.01 kilocalories per day per capita

in 2023

Malta rank

138th

Portugal rank

136th

Dietary composition by country over time

Malta
Portugal

How they compare

Portugal currently reports 3.01 kilocalories per day per capita against 2.64 kilocalories per day per capita in Malta, a difference of 0.37 kilocalories per day per capita.

That makes Portugal's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 138th and Portugal ranks 136th of 191 regions.

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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.