Nigeria vs Rwanda: Daily supply of calories per person

Nigeria
2,470 kilocalories per day
in 2023
Rwanda
2,405 kilocalories per day
in 2023
Nigeria rank
161st
Rwanda rank
164th

Daily supply of calories per person over time

  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 2,470 kilocalories per day against 2,405 kilocalories per day in Rwanda, a difference of 65.21 kilocalories per day.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Nigeria ranks 161st and Rwanda ranks 164th of 191 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Daily supply of calories per person
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

Measured in kilocalories per person per day. This indicates the calories that are available for consumption, but does not necessarily measure the number of calories actually consumed, since it doesn't factor in consumer waste.