Viet Nam vs Yemen: Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita
Viet Nam
65.2%
in 2023
Yemen
65.6%
in 2023
Viet Nam rank
59th
Yemen rank
56th
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita over time
- Viet Nam
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 65.6% against 65.2% in Viet Nam, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Viet Nam ahead.
Viet Nam ranks 59th and Yemen ranks 56th of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Viet Nam averaged higher in 5 and Yemen in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Viet Nam | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80.5% | 72.1% | 8.4% | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 81.7% | 72.3% | 9.4% | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 80.5% | 71.4% | 9.0% | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 76.4% | 72.3% | 4.1% | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 70.4% | 69.9% | 0.5% | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 70.1% | 71.2% | 1.1% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 67.4% | 70.0% | 2.6% | Yemen |
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, Viet Nam or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 65.6% against 65.2% in Viet Nam as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita between Viet Nam and Yemen?
- 0.4%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Viet Nam and Yemen?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Viet Nam and Yemen rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita?
- Viet Nam ranks 59th and Yemen ranks 56th 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.