Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita was 62.0% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita in Papua New Guinea, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 62.0% for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in Papua New Guinea peaked at 62.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 58.2%, in 2013.
That places Papua New Guinea 75th out of 192 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 14 years of available data.
Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 60.2% | — |
| 2011 | 60.9% | +1.1% |
| 2012 | 59.3% | -2.5% |
| 2013 | 58.2% | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 59.3% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 60.1% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 61.0% | +1.4% |
| 2017 | 61.9% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 62.3% | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 62.0% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 62.4% | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 61.7% | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 62.0% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 62.0% | -0.1% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 62.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 67.9%, 91% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 62.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 55.9%, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 60.5% | 58.2% | 62.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.0% | 61.7% | 62.4% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 72 Guinea-Bissau 62.3% compare
- 73 Azerbaijan 62.2% compare
- 74 Algeria 62.0% compare
- 76 Saudi Arabia 61.8% compare
- 77 Ukraine 61.7% compare
- 78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.7% compare
More energy & mining data for Papua New Guinea
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, annual growth rate 9.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Coal consumption, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal consumption, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Primary energy use, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Coal production, per unit of GDP 0 terawatt-hours per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Fossil fuel consumption by fuel, per capita 0 terawatt-hours per person (2024)
- Fuel imports 17.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in Papua New Guinea?
- Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita in Papua New Guinea was 62.0% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 62.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.2% in 2013.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 75th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of dietary energy supply from carbohydrates vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.