Burkina Faso vs Nicaragua: Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita
Burkina Faso
20.7%
in 2023
Nicaragua
21.4%
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
153rd
Nicaragua rank
150th
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita over time
- Burkina Faso
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Nicaragua currently reports 21.4% against 20.7% in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.7%.
The two have swapped places 19 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 153rd and Nicaragua ranks 150th of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 2 and Nicaragua in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.9% | 15.7% | 0.2% | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 15.1% | 17.5% | 2.4% | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 18.4% | 16.7% | 1.7% | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 18.9% | 20.6% | 1.7% | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 20.3% | 20.6% | 0.2% | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 20.9% | 20.9% | 0.0% | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 20.6% | 21.4% | 0.8% | Nicaragua |
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, Burkina Faso or Nicaragua?
- Nicaragua, at 21.4% against 20.7% in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita between Burkina Faso and Nicaragua?
- 0.7%, with Nicaragua ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Burkina Faso and Nicaragua rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita?
- Burkina Faso ranks 153rd and Nicaragua ranks 150th 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.