Mauritania vs Nigeria: Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value
Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value over time
- Mauritania
- Nigeria
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 1,748 kcal/cap/d against 1,744 kcal/cap/d in Nigeria, a difference of 4 kcal/cap/d.
Across all 26 years both countries report, Mauritania has been ahead every year.
Mauritania ranks 152nd and Nigeria ranks 155th of 181 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,709 kcal/cap/d | 1,686 kcal/cap/d | 22.8 kcal/cap/d | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 1,710 kcal/cap/d | 1,698 kcal/cap/d | 12.2 kcal/cap/d | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 1,740 kcal/cap/d | 1,733 kcal/cap/d | 6.83 kcal/cap/d | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value, Mauritania or Nigeria?
- Mauritania, at 1,748 kcal/cap/d against 1,744 kcal/cap/d in Nigeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value between Mauritania and Nigeria?
- 4 kcal/cap/d, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Nigeria?
- 26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
- How do Mauritania and Nigeria rank globally for minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — value?
- Mauritania ranks 152nd and Nigeria ranks 155th of 181 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Minimum dietary energy requirement (kcal/cap/day) — Value. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.