Guinea-Bissau vs Sierra Leone: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Guinea-Bissau

1,759 kilocalories per person per day

in 2024

Sierra Leone

1,756 kilocalories per person per day

in 2024

Guinea-Bissau rank

154th

Sierra Leone rank

155th

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

Guinea-Bissau
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 1,759 kilocalories per person per day against 1,756 kilocalories per person per day in Sierra Leone, a difference of 3 kilocalories per person per day.

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

Guinea-Bissau ranks 154th and Sierra Leone ranks 155th 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: 07 August 2026

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.