Costa Rica vs Samoa: Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita
Costa Rica
31.7%
in 2023
Samoa
32.1%
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
72nd
Samoa rank
69th
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita over time
- Costa Rica
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 32.1% against 31.7% in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.4%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 72nd and Samoa ranks 69th of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Samoa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20.1% | 34.4% | 14.3% | Samoa |
| 1970s | 20.8% | 36.0% | 15.2% | Samoa |
| 1980s | 21.5% | 36.3% | 14.7% | Samoa |
| 1990s | 24.6% | 40.9% | 16.2% | Samoa |
| 2000s | 26.4% | 41.2% | 14.8% | Samoa |
| 2010s | 30.9% | 35.8% | 4.9% | Samoa |
| 2020s | 32.7% | 31.5% | 1.2% | Costa Rica |
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, Costa Rica or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 32.1% against 31.7% in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita between Costa Rica and Samoa?
- 0.4%, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Samoa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Samoa rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 72nd and Samoa ranks 69th 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.