Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita by country
The share of per capita dietary energy derived from carbohydrates, measured as the daily caloric supply from carbohydrates as a percentage of total caloric supply, versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.
Countries reporting
192
Highest
85.4%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Lowest
41.9%
Marshall Islands
Median
59.0%
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,214
What the numbers show
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 85.4% in Congo, Democratic Republic of the; the lowest is 41.9% in Marshall Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 59.0%, and the mean is 59.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 129 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 13.0%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 20.1%).
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 85.4% | 2023 | up 2.3% | flat |
| 2 | Burundi | 82.7% | 2022 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 3 | Madagascar | 82.1% | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 4 | Cambodia | 78.5% | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 77.9% | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 6 | Ghana | 77.3% | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 7 | Rwanda | 76.8% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 8 | Sierra Leone | 76.6% | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 76.6% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 10 | Mozambique | 75.3% | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 74.6% | 2023 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 12 | Malawi | 74.1% | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 13 | Côte d'Ivoire | 73.9% | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 14 | Mali | 73.7% | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 15 | Haiti | 73.6% | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 16 | Angola | 73.5% | 2023 | up 3.0% | falling |
| 17 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 73.1% | 2018 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 18 | Gambia | 73.1% | 2023 | up 11.4% | flat |
| 19 | Liberia | 72.9% | 2023 | up 7.5% | falling |
| 20 | Egypt | 72.5% | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 21 | Afghanistan | 72.3% | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 22 | Thailand | 72.3% | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 23 | Somalia | 72.3% | 2022 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 24 | Togo | 72.1% | 2022 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 25 | Philippines | 72.1% | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 26 | Ethiopia | 72.0% | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 27 | Guinea | 72.0% | 2023 | up 7.4% | flat |
| 28 | Cameroon | 71.4% | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 29 | Zambia | 71.0% | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 30 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 70.9% | 2023 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 31 | Uganda | 70.7% | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 32 | Eswatini | 70.6% | 2023 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 33 | Myanmar | 70.0% | 2023 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 34 | Iraq | 69.9% | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 35 | Nepal | 69.6% | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 36 | Kenya | 69.2% | 2023 | up 2.4% | falling |
| 37 | Lesotho | 69.0% | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 38 | Benin | 68.3% | 2022 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 39 | Namibia | 68.2% | 2023 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 40 | Morocco | 68.1% | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 41 | Nigeria | 67.9% | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 67.9% | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 43 | Solomon Islands | 67.8% | 2023 | down 5.0% | flat |
| 44 | Botswana | 67.6% | 2023 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 45 | Bhutan | 67.4% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 46 | Comoros | 67.3% | 2023 | up 2.8% | flat |
| 47 | Senegal | 67.3% | 2023 | up 8.5% | falling |
| 48 | Cuba | 67.1% | 2019 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 49 | Djibouti | 66.7% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 50 | Congo | 66.7% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 51 | India | 66.7% | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 66.1% | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 53 | Peru | 65.9% | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 54 | Niger | 65.9% | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 55 | Gabon | 65.9% | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 56 | Yemen | 65.6% | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 57 | Mauritania | 65.5% | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 58 | Guyana | 65.3% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 59 | Viet Nam | 65.2% | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 60 | Guatemala | 64.9% | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 61 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 64.7% | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 62 | Suriname | 64.6% | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 63 | Indonesia | 64.3% | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 64 | Netherlands Antilles | 64.3% | 2009 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 65 | Timor-Leste | 64.3% | 2023 | down 6.3% | flat |
| 66 | El Salvador | 64.2% | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 67 | Sao Tome and Principe | 64.2% | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 68 | Sudan | 64.0% | 2022 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 69 | Brunei Darussalam | 63.8% | 2009 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 70 | Paraguay | 63.5% | 2023 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 71 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 62.9% | 2023 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 72 | Guinea-Bissau | 62.3% | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 62.2% | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 74 | Algeria | 62.0% | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 75 | Papua New Guinea | 62.0% | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 76 | Saudi Arabia | 61.8% | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 77 | Ukraine | 61.7% | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 61.7% | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 79 | Tunisia | 61.5% | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 80 | Syrian Arab Republic | 61.4% | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 81 | Republic of Moldova | 61.4% | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 82 | Cape Verde | 61.0% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 83 | Honduras | 60.7% | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 84 | Georgia | 60.4% | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 85 | USSR | 60.4% | 1991 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 86 | Lebanon | 60.2% | 2023 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 87 | Jamaica | 59.9% | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 88 | Serbia | 59.6% | 2023 | down 2.9% | flat |
| 89 | Colombia | 59.5% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 90 | China | 59.5% | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 91 | Kyrgyzstan | 59.3% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 92 | Turkmenistan | 59.3% | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 93 | Fiji | 59.2% | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 94 | Jordan | 59.1% | 2023 | down 1.0% | falling |
| 95 | Tajikistan | 59.1% | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 96 | Oman | 59.1% | 2023 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 97 | Maldives | 59.0% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 98 | Seychelles | 58.8% | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 99 | Panama | 58.4% | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 100 | Chile | 58.4% | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 101 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 58.1% | 2023 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 58.1% | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 103 | Mexico | 57.9% | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 104 | Uzbekistan | 57.7% | 2023 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 105 | Dominican Republic | 57.6% | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 106 | Pakistan | 57.4% | 2023 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 107 | Qatar | 56.9% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 108 | Dominica | 56.8% | 2022 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 109 | New Zealand | 56.8% | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 110 | Kuwait | 56.6% | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 111 | Barbados | 56.5% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 112 | Zimbabwe | 56.4% | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 113 | South Africa | 56.3% | 2023 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 56.3% | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 115 | Malaysia | 56.2% | 2023 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 116 | Slovenia | 56.2% | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 117 | Chad | 56.1% | 2022 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 118 | Mauritius | 56.0% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 119 | Belize | 55.9% | 2023 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 120 | Tuvalu | 55.6% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 121 | Armenia | 55.5% | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 122 | Trinidad and Tobago | 55.3% | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 123 | Vanuatu | 55.2% | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 124 | Saint Lucia | 55.1% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 125 | Japan | 55.1% | 2022 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 126 | Türkiye | 55.0% | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 127 | Samoa | 54.4% | 2023 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 128 | Russian Federation | 54.2% | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 129 | Uruguay | 54.2% | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 130 | Republic of Korea | 53.9% | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 131 | Malta | 53.9% | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 132 | Albania | 53.8% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 133 | Romania | 53.7% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 134 | Ecuador | 53.5% | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 135 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 53.5% | 2023 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 136 | Poland | 53.3% | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 137 | Libya | 53.1% | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 138 | Central African Republic | 52.9% | 2022 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 139 | Kazakhstan | 52.8% | 2023 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 140 | Bahrain | 52.8% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 141 | Luxembourg | 52.8% | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 142 | Cyprus | 52.1% | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 143 | Kiribati | 51.7% | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 144 | Belarus | 51.7% | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 145 | Finland | 51.6% | 2023 | up 6.6% | falling |
| 146 | United Arab Emirates | 51.4% | 2023 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 147 | Lithuania | 50.8% | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 148 | Hungary | 50.7% | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 149 | Ireland | 50.7% | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 150 | Brazil | 50.4% | 2023 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 151 | Croatia | 50.1% | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 152 | Denmark | 50.1% | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 153 | Montenegro | 50.1% | 2023 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 154 | Norway | 50.0% | 2023 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 155 | Portugal | 50.0% | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 156 | Netherlands | 49.6% | 2023 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 157 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 49.5% | 2023 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 158 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 49.5% | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 159 | Grenada | 49.4% | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 160 | Estonia | 49.2% | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 161 | Naoero | 49.2% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 162 | Italy | 49.0% | 2023 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 163 | New Caledonia | 48.9% | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 164 | Argentina | 48.9% | 2023 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 165 | Israel | 48.8% | 2023 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 166 | Belgium | 48.7% | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 167 | Hong Kong, China | 48.6% | 2023 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 168 | French Polynesia | 48.6% | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 169 | France | 48.2% | 2023 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 170 | Taiwan, China | 47.6% | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 171 | Antigua and Barbuda | 47.5% | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 172 | Sweden | 47.4% | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 173 | Bermuda | 47.0% | 2009 | down 10.2% | flat |
| 174 | Slovakia | 47.0% | 2023 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 175 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 46.7% | 2023 | — | falling |
| 176 | Tonga | 46.6% | 2023 | — | flat |
| 177 | Bulgaria | 46.6% | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 178 | Canada | 46.5% | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 179 | Czechia | 46.3% | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 180 | Germany | 46.3% | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 181 | Latvia | 46.0% | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 182 | Australia | 45.8% | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 183 | United States of America | 45.6% | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 184 | Macau, China | 45.4% | 2023 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 185 | Spain | 45.3% | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 186 | Greece | 45.2% | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 187 | Switzerland | 45.1% | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 188 | Bahamas | 44.8% | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 189 | Mongolia | 44.3% | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 190 | Austria | 43.7% | 2023 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 191 | Iceland | 43.6% | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 192 | Marshall Islands | 41.9% | 2023 | — | falling |
About this data
The share of per capita dietary energy derived from carbohydrates, measured as the daily caloric supply from carbohydrates as a percentage of total caloric supply, versus gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, adjusted for inflation and differences in living costs between countries.