Japan vs Maldives: Daily per capita supply of calories vs. GDP per capita

Japan
2,670 kilocalories per day
in 2022
Maldives
2,671 kilocalories per day
in 2023
Japan rank
141st
Maldives rank
140th

Daily per capita supply of calories vs. GDP per capita over time

  • Japan
  • Maldives
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How they compare

Maldives currently reports 2,671 kilocalories per day against 2,670 kilocalories per day in Japan, a difference of 1 kilocalories per day.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 141st and Maldives ranks 140th of 192 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Maldives Difference Ahead
1960s 2,540 kilocalories per day 1,570 kilocalories per day 969.6 kilocalories per day Japan
1970s 2,696 kilocalories per day 1,742 kilocalories per day 953.8 kilocalories per day Japan
1980s 2,824 kilocalories per day 2,210 kilocalories per day 613.2 kilocalories per day Japan
1990s 2,901 kilocalories per day 2,308 kilocalories per day 593.43 kilocalories per day Japan
2000s 2,793 kilocalories per day 2,372 kilocalories per day 420.47 kilocalories per day Japan
2010s 2,687 kilocalories per day 2,661 kilocalories per day 25.97 kilocalories per day Japan
2020s 2,658 kilocalories per day 2,637 kilocalories per day 21.34 kilocalories per day Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher daily per capita supply of calories vs. gdp per capita, Japan or Maldives?
Maldives, at 2,671 kilocalories per day against 2,670 kilocalories per day in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in daily per capita supply of calories vs. gdp per capita between Japan and Maldives?
1 kilocalories per day, with Maldives ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Maldives?
62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
How do Japan and Maldives rank globally for daily per capita supply of calories vs. gdp per capita?
Japan ranks 141st and Maldives ranks 140th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Daily per capita supply of calories vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Daily per capita supply of calories vs. GDP per capita
Unit
kilocalories per day
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
192 places, 10,444 data points, 1274–2023
Last refreshed

Daily per capita supply of calories is measured in kilocalories per person per day. GDP per capita is adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.