Australia vs Spain: Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita
Australia
40.2%
in 2023
Spain
40.7%
in 2023
Australia rank
14th
Spain rank
13th
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita over time
- Australia
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 40.7% against 40.2% in Australia, a difference of 0.5%.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Australia ahead.
Australia ranks 14th and Spain ranks 13th of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 2 and Spain in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31.9% | 26.7% | 5.3% | Australia |
| 1970s | 32.8% | 31.0% | 1.7% | Australia |
| 1980s | 34.3% | 35.7% | 1.3% | Spain |
| 1990s | 37.3% | 39.8% | 2.4% | Spain |
| 2000s | 39.6% | 40.8% | 1.2% | Spain |
| 2010s | 40.7% | 41.0% | 0.2% | Spain |
| 2020s | 40.5% | 41.4% | 0.9% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita, Australia or Spain?
- Spain, at 40.7% against 40.2% in Australia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita between Australia and Spain?
- 0.5%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Spain?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Australia and Spain rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita?
- Australia ranks 14th and Spain ranks 13th 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 fats 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 fats, measured as the daily caloric supply from fat as a percentage of total caloric supply, versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.