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Madagascar vs Malawi: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Madagascar
1,704 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Malawi
1,720 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Madagascar rank
185th
Malawi rank
182nd

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
05001.0k1.5k200020122024

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 1,720 kilocalories per person per day against 1,704 kilocalories per person per day in Madagascar, a difference of 16 kilocalories per person per day.

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

Madagascar ranks 185th and Malawi ranks 182nd 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.