Egypt vs Gambia: Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita
Egypt
72.5%
in 2023
Gambia
73.1%
in 2023
Egypt rank
20th
Gambia rank
18th
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita over time
- Egypt
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 73.1% against 72.5% in Egypt, a difference of 0.6%.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 20th and Gambia ranks 18th of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 5 and Gambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 71.8% | 66.1% | 5.7% | Egypt |
| 1970s | 70.5% | 66.2% | 4.2% | Egypt |
| 1980s | 71.4% | 71.5% | 0.1% | Gambia |
| 1990s | 73.8% | 67.0% | 6.9% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 73.2% | 63.3% | 9.9% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 72.1% | 68.1% | 4.0% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 71.5% | 71.8% | 0.3% | Gambia |
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, Egypt or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 73.1% against 72.5% in Egypt as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita between Egypt and Gambia?
- 0.6%, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Gambia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and Gambia rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita?
- Egypt ranks 20th and Gambia ranks 18th 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.