Chad vs Madagascar: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Chad
1,711 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Madagascar
1,704 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Chad rank
183rd
Madagascar rank
185th

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Chad
  • Madagascar
05001.0k1.5k200020122024

How they compare

Chad currently reports 1,711 kilocalories per person per day against 1,704 kilocalories per person per day in Madagascar, a difference of 7 kilocalories per person per day.

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

Chad ranks 183rd and Madagascar ranks 185th 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.