How would changing your diet change these environmental impacts?
Use the Planet-Based Diets Impact & Action Calculator to see what changes you can make to your diet to help reduce the impacts on the environment in your country
Beta Version Numbers generated from the Impact & Action Calculator may differ slightly to numbers in the National Impacts data, as they are based on dynamic calculations of total food groups, rather than subsets within a food group. The Current Diet food ratios are used so the variance is greater for other diets.
01 Select a country
🇲🇼 Malawi
02 Select a diet
03 Select the foods you want to eat
Optimal Calorie Range
Food type VS Current VS NDG Calories p/week
Grains
6,332kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
6,331.86 Calories p/week
Fruit & Vegetables
!
663kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
662.57 Calories p/week
Roots & Tubers
!
2,073kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
2,072.75 Calories p/week
Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
1,598kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
1,597.72 Calories p/week
Red Meat
218kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
217.57 Calories p/week
Fish
38kcal
→ Vs Current
↑ 1% Vs NDG
38.36 Calories p/week
Poultry
25kcal
→ Vs Current
↓ -1% Vs NDG
24.77 Calories p/week
Dairy
55kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
55.04 Calories p/week
Eggs
27kcal
→ Vs Current
↓ -2% Vs NDG
27.33 Calories p/week
Fats & Oils
!
673kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
673.1 Calories p/week
Sugar
564kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
563.56 Calories p/week
Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
19kcal
→ Vs Current
↓ -7% Vs NDG
18.55 Calories p/week
Alcohol
108kcal
→ Vs Current
→ Vs NDG
108.16 Calories p/week
Total Calories
12,391.34 kcals per/week 1,770.191 kcals per/day
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04 The impacts this diet would have if it was adopted by everyone in Malawi
Impact type Impact breakdown Total
Biodiversity Loss
- Food Type: Grains
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 27.32% of total
- Food Type: Fruit & Vegetables
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 4.49% of total
- Food Type: Roots & Tubers
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 3.63% of total
- Food Type: Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 5.45% of total
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0.001 sp.yr
- 34.99% of total
- Food Type: Fish
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 0.29% of total
- Food Type: Poultry
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 0.07% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 13.33% of total
- Food Type: Eggs
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 0.05% of total
- Food Type: Fats & Oils
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 6.53% of total
- Food Type: Sugar
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 0.19% of total
- Food Type: Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 0.48% of total
- Food Type: Alcohol
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Biodiversity Loss: 0 sp.yr
- 0.31% of total
0.01 sp.yr
GHG Emissions
- Food Type: Grains
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 10.32 Mt CO2eq
- 51.88% of total
- Food Type: Fruit & Vegetables
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 0.96 Mt CO2eq
- 4.61% of total
- Food Type: Roots & Tubers
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 2.43 Mt CO2eq
- 10.46% of total
- Food Type: Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 0.66 Mt CO2eq
- 2.77% of total
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 3.14 Mt CO2eq
- 15.09% of total
- Food Type: Fish
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 0.17 Mt CO2eq
- 0.81% of total
- Food Type: Poultry
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 0.15 Mt CO2eq
- 0.70% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 0.2 Mt CO2eq
- 1.03% of total
- Food Type: Eggs
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 0.08 Mt CO2eq
- 0.42% of total
- Food Type: Fats & Oils
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 0.39 Mt CO2eq
- 2.06% of total
- Food Type: Sugar
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 0.59 Mt CO2eq
- 3.09% of total
- Food Type: Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 0.09 Mt CO2eq
- 0.49% of total
- Food Type: Alcohol
- Calories: NaN kcal
- GHG Emissions: 0.31 Mt CO2eq
- 1.59% of total
19 Mt CO2eq
Cropland Use
- Food Type: Grains
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 1,137 000 hectares
- 77.88% of total
- Food Type: Fruit & Vegetables
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 103 000 hectares
- 6.63% of total
- Food Type: Roots & Tubers
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 377 000 hectares
- 19.51% of total
- Food Type: Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 340 000 hectares
- 15.30% of total
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 162 000 hectares
- 7.04% of total
- Food Type: Fish
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 2 000 hectares
- 0.07% of total
- Food Type: Poultry
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 18 000 hectares
- 0.78% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 17 000 hectares
- 0.76% of total
- Food Type: Eggs
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 11 000 hectares
- 0.47% of total
- Food Type: Fats & Oils
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 132 000 hectares
- 5.62% of total
- Food Type: Sugar
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 45 000 hectares
- 1.89% of total
- Food Type: Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 60 000 hectares
- 2.50% of total
- Food Type: Alcohol
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Cropland Use: 47 000 hectares
- 1.93% of total
2,450 000 hectares
Grazing Land Use
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Grazing Land Use: 1,350 000 hectares
- 23.60% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Grazing Land Use: 233 000 hectares
- 14.71% of total
1,585 000 hectares
Water Use
- Food Type: Grains
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.7 km3
- 54.16% of total
- Food Type: Fruit & Vegetables
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.16 km3
- 11.47% of total
- Food Type: Roots & Tubers
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.01 km3
- 0.84% of total
- Food Type: Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.28 km3
- 16.58% of total
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.11 km3
- 6.57% of total
- Food Type: Fish
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.01 km3
- 0.59% of total
- Food Type: Poultry
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.01 km3
- 0.57% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.04 km3
- 2.74% of total
- Food Type: Eggs
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.01 km3
- 0.66% of total
- Food Type: Fats & Oils
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.02 km3
- 1.55% of total
- Food Type: Sugar
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0.14 km3
- 9.48% of total
- Food Type: Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0 km3
- 0.20% of total
- Food Type: Alcohol
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Water Use: 0 km3
- 0.13% of total
2 km3
Eutrophication
- Food Type: Grains
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 26.12 000t PO43-eq
- 46.74% of total
- Food Type: Fruit & Vegetables
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 3.89 000t PO43-eq
- 6.53% of total
- Food Type: Roots & Tubers
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 6.04 000t PO43-eq
- 9.23% of total
- Food Type: Legumes, Nuts & Seeds
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 4.18 000t PO43-eq
- 6.05% of total
- Food Type: Red Meat
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 13.52 000t PO43-eq
- 21.54% of total
- Food Type: Fish
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 1.34 000t PO43-eq
- 2.09% of total
- Food Type: Poultry
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 0.71 000t PO43-eq
- 1.11% of total
- Food Type: Dairy
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 0.66 000t PO43-eq
- 1.12% of total
- Food Type: Eggs
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 0.37 000t PO43-eq
- 0.62% of total
- Food Type: Fats & Oils
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 1.41 000t PO43-eq
- 2.37% of total
- Food Type: Sugar
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 1.14 000t PO43-eq
- 1.92% of total
- Food Type: Coffee, Tea, Cocoa & Spices
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 0.35 000t PO43-eq
- 0.59% of total
- Food Type: Alcohol
- Calories: NaN kcal
- Eutrophication Potential: 0.59 000t PO43-eq
- 0.98% of total
65 000t PO43-eq
05 Shopping Basket
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