Kenya vs Lesotho: Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita
Kenya
20.4%
in 2023
Lesotho
20.2%
in 2023
Kenya rank
154th
Lesotho rank
156th
Share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. GDP per capita over time
- Kenya
- Lesotho
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 20.4% against 20.2% in Lesotho, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 154th and Lesotho ranks 156th of 192 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Lesotho | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14.1% | 10.6% | 3.5% | Kenya |
| 1970s | 15.0% | 11.3% | 3.7% | Kenya |
| 1980s | 17.9% | 13.7% | 4.2% | Kenya |
| 1990s | 20.8% | 13.1% | 7.7% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 20.7% | 12.1% | 8.7% | Kenya |
| 2010s | 19.4% | 16.1% | 3.3% | Kenya |
| 2020s | 21.4% | 18.5% | 2.9% | Kenya |
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, Kenya or Lesotho?
- Kenya, at 20.4% against 20.2% in Lesotho as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita between Kenya and Lesotho?
- 0.2%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Lesotho?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Lesotho rank globally for share of dietary energy supply from fats vs. gdp per capita?
- Kenya ranks 154th and Lesotho ranks 156th 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.