Japan vs Malaysia: Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita
Japan
30.9%
in 2022
Malaysia
31.0%
in 2023
Japan rank
82nd
Malaysia rank
81st
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita over time
- Japan
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 31.0% against 30.9% in Japan, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Malaysia ahead.
Japan ranks 82nd and Malaysia ranks 81st of 192 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Malaysia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.8% | 19.3% | 4.5% | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 20.4% | 21.6% | 1.2% | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 24.0% | 29.2% | 5.2% | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 26.5% | 27.6% | 1.1% | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 28.5% | 27.3% | 1.2% | Japan |
| 2010s | 29.5% | 29.0% | 0.5% | Japan |
| 2020s | 30.9% | 31.1% | 0.2% | Malaysia |
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, Japan or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 31.0% against 30.9% in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita between Japan and Malaysia?
- 0.1%, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malaysia?
- 62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Malaysia rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita?
- Japan ranks 82nd and Malaysia ranks 81st 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.