Nigeria vs Rwanda: Minimum daily requirement of calories

Nigeria

1,740 kilocalories per person per day

in 2024

Rwanda

1,743 kilocalories per person per day

in 2024

Nigeria rank

167th

Rwanda rank

164th

Minimum daily requirement of calories over time

Nigeria
Rwanda

How they compare

Rwanda currently reports 1,743 kilocalories per person per day against 1,740 kilocalories per person per day in Nigeria, a difference of 3 kilocalories per person per day.

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

Nigeria ranks 167th 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: 07 August 2026

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.