Dietary energy supply per person in Africa

47 countries in Africa, 2023. Unit: kcal per person per day. World ranking →

First in the ranking
3,432 kcal
Tunisia
Median country
2,574 kcal
half above, half below
World
3,017 kcal
FAO aggregate
Range
1,816 to 3,432
Somalia - Tunisia

How to read it

Across 47 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Tunisia (3,432 kcal) and the lowest in Somalia (1,816 kcal).

The median country is at 2,574 kcal: half are above, half below.

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Source: FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. Accessed on 24 September 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS Licence: CC-BY-4.0 · licence

Calories per person over time

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Ranking of countries

2023
In chart Share of the highest value
1Tunisia3,432
2Algeria3,396
3Morocco3,357
4Mauritius3,256
5Egypt3,167
6Ghana3,135
7Guinea3,117
8Côte d'Ivoire2,927
9Mauritania2,909
10Libya2,869
11Senegal2,867
12Cameroon2,839
13Benin2,813
14Burkina Faso2,804
15Cabo Verde2,794
16Mali2,786
17Djibouti2,721
18Botswana2,703
19South Africa2,687
20Gabon2,654
21Niger2,642
22Togo2,641
23Malawi2,603
24Eswatini2,574
25Guinea-Bissau2,560
26Ethiopia2,551
27Tanzania2,514
28Namibia2,492
29South Sudan2,466
30Nigeria2,449
31Rwanda2,423
32Uganda2,421
33The Gambia2,402
34Comoros2,390
35Sierra Leone2,384
36Zimbabwe2,383
37Angola2,364
38São Tomé and Principe2,279
39Zambia2,219
40Republic of the Congo2,203
41Mozambique2,192
42Kenya2,160
43Chad2,134
44Liberia2,125
45Democratic Republic of the Congo2,051
46Madagascar1,988
47Somalia1,816
FAO · 2023 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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