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Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2023

2023, as FAO’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2023 covers 164 countries. 4 countries share the highest reading, 0.40; 3 countries share the lowest reading, 0.17. The middle country reads 0.26. Against 2022, 40 values changed (15 up, 25 down), 1 left.

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Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption · Data for 2023

Highest4 countries share it

0.40

Lowest3 countries share it

0.17

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2023, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2023: every country, as published by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia0.40
HaitiHTICaribbean0.40
MalawiMWIEastern Africa0.40
SyriaSYRWestern Asia0.40
DR CongoCODMiddle Africa0.39
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa0.37
EthiopiaETHEastern Africa0.37
GabonGABMiddle Africa0.37
GuatemalaGTMCentral America0.37
GuineaGINWestern Africa0.37
Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa0.37
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa0.37
ZambiaZMBEastern Africa0.37
LiberiaLBRWestern Africa0.36
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa0.36
Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa0.36
SomaliaSOMEastern Africa0.36
TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa0.36
Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa0.35
MaliMLIWestern Africa0.35
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa0.35
BeninBENWestern Africa0.34
EgyptEGYNorthern Africa0.34
NigerNERWestern Africa0.34
NigeriaNGAWestern Africa0.34

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Afghanistanshared0.40
  2. Haitishared0.40
  3. Malawishared0.40
  4. Syriashared0.40
  5. DR Congo0.39

Lowest

  1. United Statesshared0.17
  2. Uruguayshared0.17
  3. Japanshared0.17
  4. Cyprusshared0.18
  5. Chinashared0.18

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 0.26. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −1countries joined / left
  • 40values changed, of 164 in both
  • 15 · 25rose · fell
  • 124unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

− Nicaragua

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method
  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from FAO’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2023.

  • 23 distinct values among 164

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 27 countries share 0.21. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 164 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2023). Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/calorie-consumption-variation/2023

07Questions

Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest spread of calorie consumption in Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2023?

4 countries share the highest reading, 0.40, so no single country is named.

What year does Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2023 cover?

164.

Where can I download Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2023?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2023 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Coefficient of Variation of Habitual Caloric Consumption, 2024.

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