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Papua New Guinea vs Rwanda: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Papua New Guinea
1,742 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Rwanda
1,743 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
165th
Rwanda rank
164th

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Rwanda
05001.0k1.5k200020122024

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 1,743 kilocalories per person per day against 1,742 kilocalories per person per day in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 1 kilocalories per person per day.

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

Papua New Guinea ranks 165th and Rwanda ranks 164th 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.