Samoa vs Uruguay: Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita
Samoa
54.4%
in 2023
Uruguay
54.2%
in 2023
Samoa rank
127th
Uruguay rank
129th
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita over time
- Samoa
- Uruguay
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 54.4% against 54.2% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 127th and Uruguay ranks 129th of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 56.5% | 52.9% | 3.6% | Samoa |
| 1970s | 54.9% | 53.7% | 1.2% | Samoa |
| 1980s | 53.5% | 55.7% | 2.2% | Uruguay |
| 1990s | 48.3% | 56.0% | 7.7% | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 47.9% | 57.9% | 10.0% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 50.4% | 57.4% | 7.0% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 55.0% | 54.8% | 0.2% | 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, Samoa or Uruguay?
- Samoa, at 54.4% against 54.2% in Uruguay as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita between Samoa and Uruguay?
- 0.2%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Uruguay?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Samoa and Uruguay rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita?
- Samoa ranks 127th and Uruguay ranks 129th 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.