Barbados vs Costa Rica: Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita
Barbados
56.5%
in 2023
Costa Rica
56.3%
in 2023
Barbados rank
111th
Costa Rica rank
114th
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita over time
- Barbados
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 56.5% against 56.3% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Barbados ranks 111th and Costa Rica ranks 114th of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 2 and Costa Rica in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 67.6% | 70.2% | 2.6% | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 61.7% | 69.6% | 7.8% | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 59.0% | 68.8% | 9.8% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 57.3% | 65.3% | 8.0% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 59.8% | 63.3% | 3.4% | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 58.8% | 58.3% | 0.6% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 56.4% | 55.6% | 0.8% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita, Barbados or Costa Rica?
- Barbados, at 56.5% against 56.3% in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita between Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 0.2%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Costa Rica?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Costa Rica rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita?
- Barbados ranks 111th and Costa Rica ranks 114th 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 supply from carbohydrates 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 carbohydrates, measured as the daily caloric supply from carbohydrates as a percentage of total caloric supply, versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.