Samoa vs Saint Lucia: Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita
Samoa
54.4%
in 2023
Saint Lucia
55.1%
in 2023
Samoa rank
127th
Saint Lucia rank
124th
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita over time
- Samoa
- Saint Lucia
How they compare
Saint Lucia currently reports 55.1% against 54.4% in Samoa, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Saint Lucia ahead.
Samoa ranks 127th and Saint Lucia ranks 124th of 192 countries.
Saint Lucia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Saint Lucia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56.5% | 68.3% | 11.8% | Saint Lucia |
| 1970s | 54.9% | 64.0% | 9.1% | Saint Lucia |
| 1980s | 53.5% | 65.3% | 11.7% | Saint Lucia |
| 1990s | 48.3% | 63.4% | 15.0% | Saint Lucia |
| 2000s | 47.9% | 59.4% | 11.5% | Saint Lucia |
| 2010s | 50.4% | 58.0% | 7.6% | Saint Lucia |
| 2020s | 55.0% | 55.5% | 0.5% | Saint Lucia |
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, Samoa or Saint Lucia?
- Saint Lucia, at 55.1% against 54.4% in Samoa as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita between Samoa and Saint Lucia?
- 0.7%, with Saint Lucia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Saint Lucia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Saint Lucia rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita?
- Samoa ranks 127th and Saint Lucia ranks 124th 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.