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Eritrea vs Mauritania: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Eritrea
1,749 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Mauritania
1,745 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Eritrea rank
162nd
Mauritania rank
163rd

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Eritrea
  • Mauritania
05001.0k1.5k200020122024

How they compare

Eritrea currently reports 1,749 kilocalories per person per day against 1,745 kilocalories per person per day in Mauritania, a difference of 4 kilocalories per person per day.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mauritania ahead.

Eritrea ranks 162nd and Mauritania ranks 163rd of 195 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Minimum daily requirement of calories
Unit
kilocalories per person per day
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
195 places, 4,874 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

The minimum amount of daily dietary energy per person that is considered adequate to ensure they maintain a minimum weight for health. Across a population, this takes factors such as the age, sex, height, and activity levels of different individuals into account.