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Canada vs Puerto Rico: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Canada
1,928 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Puerto Rico
1,932 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Canada rank
32nd
Puerto Rico rank
30th

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Canada
  • Puerto Rico
05001.0k1.5k2.0k200020122024

How they compare

Puerto Rico currently reports 1,932 kilocalories per person per day against 1,928 kilocalories per person per day in Canada, a difference of 4 kilocalories per person per day.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 32nd and Puerto Rico ranks 30th 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.