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Equatorial Guinea vs Iraq: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Equatorial Guinea
1,784 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Iraq
1,790 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Equatorial Guinea rank
140th
Iraq rank
137th

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Iraq
05001.0k1.5k2.0k200020122024

How they compare

Iraq currently reports 1,790 kilocalories per person per day against 1,784 kilocalories per person per day in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 6 kilocalories per person per day.

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

Equatorial Guinea ranks 140th and Iraq ranks 137th 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.