Benin vs Guinea: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Benin
1,732 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Guinea
1,735 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Benin rank
175th
Guinea rank
172nd

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Benin
  • Guinea
05001.0k1.5k200020122024

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 1,735 kilocalories per person per day against 1,732 kilocalories per person per day in Benin, a difference of 3 kilocalories per person per day.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Guinea ahead.

Benin ranks 175th and Guinea ranks 172nd of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Minimum daily requirement of calories
Unit
kilocalories per person per day
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
195 places, 4,874 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

The minimum amount of daily dietary energy per person that is considered adequate to ensure they maintain a minimum weight for health. Across a population, this takes factors such as the age, sex, height, and activity levels of different individuals into account.