Mauritania vs Timor-Leste: Share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. GDP per capita
Mauritania
11.4%
in 2023
Timor-Leste
11.5%
in 2023
Mauritania rank
119th
Timor-Leste rank
117th
Share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. GDP per capita over time
- Mauritania
- Timor-Leste
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 11.5% against 11.4% in Mauritania, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mauritania ahead.
Mauritania ranks 119th and Timor-Leste ranks 117th of 192 countries.
Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mauritania | Timor-Leste | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.3% | 14.6% | 0.7% | Mauritania |
| 1970s | 14.3% | 13.8% | 0.5% | Mauritania |
| 1980s | 12.9% | 11.7% | 1.2% | Mauritania |
| 1990s | 11.8% | 11.1% | 0.7% | Mauritania |
| 2000s | 11.7% | 10.7% | 1.1% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 11.7% | 10.9% | 0.8% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 11.6% | 11.1% | 0.5% | Mauritania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. gdp per capita, Mauritania or Timor-Leste?
- Timor-Leste, at 11.5% against 11.4% in Mauritania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. gdp per capita between Mauritania and Timor-Leste?
- 0.1%, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Timor-Leste?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Mauritania and Timor-Leste rank globally for share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. gdp per capita?
- Mauritania ranks 119th and Timor-Leste ranks 117th of 192 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of dietary energy derived from protein vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The share of per capita dietary energy derived from protein, measured as the daily caloric supply from protein as a percentage of total caloric supply, versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.