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Burkina Faso vs Nepal: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Burkina Faso
1,772 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Nepal
1,766 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
149th
Nepal rank
152nd

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Nepal
05001.0k1.5k2.0k200020122024

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 1,772 kilocalories per person per day against 1,766 kilocalories per person per day in Nepal, a difference of 6 kilocalories per person per day.

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

Burkina Faso ranks 149th and Nepal ranks 152nd 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.