Japan vs Samoa: Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita
Japan
55.1%
in 2022
Samoa
54.4%
in 2023
Japan rank
125th
Samoa rank
127th
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita over time
- Japan
- Samoa
How they compare
Japan currently reports 55.1% against 54.4% in Samoa, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 125th and Samoa ranks 127th of 192 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 73.4% | 56.5% | 16.8% | Japan |
| 1970s | 67.1% | 54.9% | 12.2% | Japan |
| 1980s | 63.0% | 53.5% | 9.5% | Japan |
| 1990s | 60.3% | 48.3% | 12.0% | Japan |
| 2000s | 58.4% | 47.9% | 10.5% | Japan |
| 2010s | 57.0% | 50.4% | 6.6% | Japan |
| 2020s | 55.2% | 55.2% | 0.0% | Japan |
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, Japan or Samoa?
- Japan, at 55.1% against 54.4% in Samoa as of 2022.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita between Japan and Samoa?
- 0.7%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Samoa?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Samoa rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita?
- Japan ranks 125th and Samoa ranks 127th 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.