Korea vs Samoa: Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita
Korea
53.9%
in 2023
Samoa
54.4%
in 2023
Korea rank
130th
Samoa rank
127th
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita over time
- Korea
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 54.4% against 53.9% in Korea, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Korea ahead.
Korea ranks 130th and Samoa ranks 127th of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 6 and Samoa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83.2% | 56.5% | 26.7% | Korea |
| 1970s | 80.7% | 54.9% | 25.8% | Korea |
| 1980s | 75.5% | 53.5% | 22.0% | Korea |
| 1990s | 69.1% | 48.3% | 20.8% | Korea |
| 2000s | 63.9% | 47.9% | 16.0% | Korea |
| 2010s | 58.3% | 50.4% | 7.9% | Korea |
| 2020s | 54.1% | 55.0% | 0.9% | Samoa |
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, Korea or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 54.4% against 53.9% in Korea as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita between Korea and Samoa?
- 0.5%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Samoa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Korea and Samoa rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita?
- Korea ranks 130th 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.