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Tanzania vs Uganda: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Tanzania
1,710 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Uganda
1,723 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Tanzania rank
184th
Uganda rank
181st

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
05001.0k1.5k200020122024

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 1,723 kilocalories per person per day against 1,710 kilocalories per person per day in Tanzania, a difference of 13 kilocalories per person per day.

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

Tanzania ranks 184th and Uganda ranks 181st 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.