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Mauritania vs Rwanda: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Mauritania
1,745 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Rwanda
1,743 kilocalories per person per day
in 2024
Mauritania rank
163rd
Rwanda rank
164th

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

  • Mauritania
  • Rwanda
05001.0k1.5k200020122024

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 1,745 kilocalories per person per day against 1,743 kilocalories per person per day in Rwanda, a difference of 2 kilocalories per person per day.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mauritania ahead.

Mauritania ranks 163rd and Rwanda ranks 164th 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.