Malta vs Romania: Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita
Malta
53.9%
in 2023
Romania
53.7%
in 2023
Malta rank
131st
Romania rank
133rd
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita over time
- Malta
- Romania
How they compare
Malta currently reports 53.9% against 53.7% in Romania, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Romania ahead.
Malta ranks 131st and Romania ranks 133rd of 192 countries.
Romania has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malta | Romania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61.3% | 68.9% | 7.7% | Romania |
| 1970s | 59.1% | 63.5% | 4.4% | Romania |
| 1980s | 56.3% | 61.0% | 4.7% | Romania |
| 1990s | 57.5% | 61.5% | 4.0% | Romania |
| 2000s | 57.8% | 60.1% | 2.3% | Romania |
| 2010s | 54.9% | 55.8% | 0.9% | Romania |
| 2020s | 54.2% | 54.2% | 0.0% | Romania |
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, Malta or Romania?
- Malta, at 53.9% against 53.7% in Romania as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita between Malta and Romania?
- 0.2%, with Malta ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Romania?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Malta and Romania rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita?
- Malta ranks 131st and Romania ranks 133rd 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.