Bahrain, Turkey and Israel are the Middle East and North Africa region’s biggest eaters, a ranking of average daily calorie consumption this week showed.
Oxford University's online data-gathering website, Our World in Data, ranked 185 countries around the world according to their average daily kilocalorie consumption in its index.
Bahrain has become the world’s sole nation where daily calorie consumption exceeded the 4,000-kilocalorie benchmark, surpassing Ireland and the United States from the previous year. According to data, the average daily calorie consumption in the country reached 4,012 kilocalories. The ranking lists Turkey as the world’s top fifth biggest eater at 3,762.
Among the Middle East and North African nations, Israel and Algeria also made their way into the top 20 biggest eaters globally by consuming 3,570 and 3,519 calories daily, respectively.
