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Congo vs Eritrea: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Congo
1,751 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Eritrea
1,749 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Congo rank
161st
Eritrea rank
162nd

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Congo
  • Eritrea
05001.0k1.5k2.0k200020122024

How they compare

Congo currently reports 1,751 kilocalories per person per day against 1,749 kilocalories per person per day in Eritrea, a difference of 2 kilocalories per person per day.

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

Congo ranks 161st and Eritrea ranks 162nd 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.