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Nepal vs Sierra Leone: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Nepal
1,766 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Sierra Leone
1,756 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Nepal rank
152nd
Sierra Leone rank
155th

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Nepal
  • Sierra Leone
05001.0k1.5k2.0k200020122024

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 1,766 kilocalories per person per day against 1,756 kilocalories per person per day in Sierra Leone, a difference of 10 kilocalories per person per day.

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

Nepal ranks 152nd 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

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.